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ACPI Function
This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and
Power
Management
Disabled.
Power Management
This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving for
Doze, Standby, and Suspend modes. The table below describes each
power management mode:
Maximum power savings. Only Available for SL CPUs.
Max Saving
Inactivity period is 1 minute i n each mode.
Sets each mode individually. Select time-out periods in
User Define
the PM Timers section, following.
Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in
Min Saving
each mode (except the hard drive).
Disabled
Default value
PM Control by APM
If Advanced Power Management (APM) is installed on your system,
selecting Yes gives better power savings. The default value is "Yes".
No
System BIOS will ignore A PM when power managing the
system
System BIOS will wait for APM's prompt before it enters any
PM mode (i.e., DOZE, S TANDBY or SUSPEND).
Yes
Note:
If AP M is installed or if there i s a task running, even
when the timer has timed out, the A PM will not prompt the
BIOS to put the system into any power saving mode!
NO T E :
If AP M is not inst alled, this opti on has no effect.
Video Off Method
Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
V/H SYNC+Blank
DPMS
Blank Screen
SBC83810 BIOS Setup
PC 6170 User's Manual
(ACPI).
The
options available are
Turns OFF vertical and horizontal
synchronization ports and writes blanks to the
video buffer
S elect this opti on if your monitor supports the
Display Power Managem ent Signaling (DP MS)
standard of the Video Electronics S tandards A
ssociation (VESA). Use the software suppl ied for
your video subsystem to select video power
management values.
S ystem only writes blanks to the video buffer.
Enabled,
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