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Award BIOS Setup Guide
PM Control by APM: Available options are "Yes" and "No". To choose "Yes" to let the Power
Management Function to be control by the MS APM software.
Video Off Option: Choose the mode in which you want the monitor to blank. The options are
"Always On", "Suspend → Off", "Susp, Stby → Off", "All mode → Off".
Video Off Method: Choose V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS or Blank Screen. This is monitor Power
Saving Method. V/H SYNC+Blank means turn off Vertical, Horizontal scanning and blank the
screen. Blank Screen will blank the display screen. DPMS (Display Power Management System)
can allow the System BIOS control the Display Card to turn off the Display.
MODEM Use IRQ: Available options are 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and NA. It is used to choose the
interrupt line that the Modem is used. "NA" means not available.
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN: Available options are "Instant-Off" and "Delay 4 sec.". For "Instant-
Off" option, the power of the system will be switched off at once when the power button is
pressed for turn it off. For "Delay 4 sec." option, the power of the system will be switched off
with holding the power button for 4 second.
HDD Power Down: To select the time period will turn the HDD off. Accessing the HDD again
will take a few seconds for HDD to spin up for operation.
Suspend Mode: To set the time period waiting for Suspend Mode when the Power Management
function is set to "User Define".
VGA/LPT&COM/HDD&FDD/DMA/Master: All of these functions are used to control the
wake up event from the Suspend Mode. Once the function is enabled, the corresponded activity
will trigger the system back to the Normal Mode from the Suspend Mode.
Modem Ring Resume: When Enabled, the external modem ring in can wake up the system.
(ATX power supply required)
RTC Alarm Resume: To enabled the RTC Alarm Resume will wake up the system at the time
set on the Date (of Month) and Timer (hh:mm:ss). (ATX Power supply required)
Primary INTR: To turn on this feature will enable the system to monitor the IRQs for power
management.
IRQ3 – IRQ15: When it is enabled, the system will monitor the activity of the corresponded
system IRQ to turn on or off the power management functions.
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