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Power Management
The Power Management menu allows you to configure the system
power-management feature.
The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and
their default settings:
Power Management Mode ................. [Enabled]
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer ......... [Off]
System Sleep Timer .................. [Off]
Sleep Mode ........................ [----]
Power Switch < 4 sec. . ............... [Suspend]
System Wake-up Event
Modem Ring Indicator ................ [Enabled]
Power Management Mode
This parameter allows you to reduce power consumption. When this
parameter is set to
Enabled
system
timers.
Setting
power-management feature and its timers.
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer
This parameter allows the hard disk to enter standby mode after
inactivity of 1 to 15 minutes, depending on your setting. When you
access the hard disk again, allow 3 to 5 seconds (depending on the
hard disk) for the disk to return to normal speed. Set this parameter to
OFF
if your hard disk does not support this function.
Chapter 3 BIOS Utility
Power Management
, you can configure the IDE hard disk and
it
to
Disabled
deactivates
the
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