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Chapter 3
BIOS Information
Power Management
The "Power Management" menu lets you configure the system power-
management feature. It works only under APM mode.
The following screen shows the "Power Management" parameters and
their default settings:The following table describes the parameters
found in this menu. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested
settings.
Power Management
Power Management Mode ----------[ Enabled ]
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer --[ Off ]
System Sleep Timer -----------[ 30
Sleep Mode -----------------[ Suspend ]
Power Switch < 4 Sec. -----------[ Suspend ]
System Wake-Up Event
Modem Ring Indicator ----------[ Enabled ]
PCI Power Management ----------[ Enabled ]
RTC Alarm ---------------------[ Disabled]
Resume Day -----------------[ -- ]
Resume Time ----------------[ __:__:__ ]
ACPI Sleep State ----------------[
Parameter
Power
Management
Mode
IDE Hard Disk
Standby Timer
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Description
Allows you to reduce the
system's power consumption.
When enabled, the IDE hard
disk and system timers
become configurable.
Allows the hard disk to enter
Standby mode after inactivity
of 1 to 15 minutes, depending
on your setting.
] Minute(s)
S1
]
Options
Enabled or
Disabled
1 to 15 minutes,
or Off