The Power Menu - Asus S82A User Manual

5. Configuring the BIOS

The Power Menu

The Power menu of the Setup program allows you to manually enable and adjust certain power saving
features of the Notebook PC, which are necessary for systems without APM or ACPI. For Windows 98
with APM or ACPI, all power saving controls (except "Suspend Mode") are made through the operat-
ing system. Enabling these features will extend the life of the battery pack between charges. To make
changes to power management settings, select Power Savings from the menu bar. The following menu
appears:
Power Savings: [Disabled]
This option must be enabled to use any of the automatic power saving features. The configuration
options are: [Disabled] [Customized] [Maximum Power Savings] [Maximum Performance]
If this menu item is set to Disabled, power management features will not function regardless of other
field settings on this menu. The Customized option allows you to make your own selections in the
Power menu. When set to Maximum Power Savings, system power will be conserved to its greatest
amount. The next four fields will then be set to predefined values that ensure maximum power savings.
When this field is set to Maximum Performance, best system performance is achieved with some
power conservation. The next four fields will then be set to predefined values that ensure maximum
power savings
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Power Savings: [Disabled]
Suspend Mode: [Save To RAM]
Standby Timeout: [Off]
Auto Suspend Timeout: [Off]
Hard Disk Timeout: [Disabled]
Video Timeout: [Disabled]
Beep On Battery Low: [Enabled]
Start Battery Refreshing
Item Specific Help
Maximum Power Savings
conserves the greatest
amount of system power.
Maximum Performance
conserves power but
allows greatest system
performance. To alter
these settings, choose
Customized. To turn off
power management,
choose Disabled.