MSI K7N420 Pro User Manual page 63

Power Management Option
This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and
is directly relat ed to the following i tems: Standby Mode and HDD Power
Down. There are three selections for Power Management, two of which have
fixed mode settings:
Min Power Saving
Max Power Saving
User Defined
Video Off Method
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
V/H SYN C+Blank
Blank Screen
DPMS
Modem Use IRQ
Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your
system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. Settings are
3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and NA.
Soft-Off by RBTN
This item allows you to con figure the power b utton as a normal power ON/
OFF butt on or a soft-off button. Setti ngs are:
Instant-Off
Delay 4 Sec.
Minimum power management.
Standby Mode = 1 Hour; HDD Power
Down = 15 min.
Maximum power management.
Standby Mode = 30 Sec; HDD Power
Down = 1 min.
Allows you to set the values of each mode
individually.
This selecti on will cause the system to turn off
the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports
and write blanks to the video buffer.
This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
Initial display power management signaling.
The power button funct ions as a normal power
ON/OFF button.
Pressin g the power bu tton for more than 4
seconds wil l place the system in a very low
power usage state (Soft-Off state), wit h only
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AWARD BIOS Setup