Doze Mode; Standby Mode; Suspend Mode; Hdd Power Down - Abit BH6 User Manual

Introduction of BIOS

Doze Mode:

When the setting selected for "Power Management" is "User Define", you
can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour. If no power
management event occurs during this time period, meaning that computer
is inactive during this period, the system will enter the Doze
saving mode. If this mode is disabled, the system will enter the next mode
in the sequence (Standby or Suspend mode).

Standby Mode:

When the setting selected for "Power Management" is "User Define", you
can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour. If no power
management event occurs during this time period, meaning the computer is
inactive during this period, the system will enter the Standby power saving
mode.
If this mode is disabled, the system will enter the next mode in the
sequence (Suspend mode).

Suspend Mode:

When the setting selected for "Power Management" is "User Define", you
can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour. If no power
management event occurs during this time period, meaning the computer is
inactive during this period, the system will enter the Suspend power saving
mode. The CPU stops working completely.
If this mode is disabled, the system will not enter the Suspend mode.

HDD Power Down:

If the system has not accessed data on the hard disk drive during the
specified time period, the engine of the HDD will stop in order to save
electricity.
You can set 1 to 15 minutes or select Disable according to your use of the
HDD.
Throttle Duty Cycle:
This is used to specify the CPU speed in power saving mode. Seven
options are available: 12.5%, 25.0%, 37.5%, 50.0%, 62.5% or 75.0%.
Power Button Override:
Support ACPI Power Button Over-ride. The user presses the power button
for more then four seconds while the system is in the working state, then
the system will transition to the soft-off(Power off by software). This is
called the power button over-ride.
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