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IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
Video Off Method (DPMS OFF)
This field defines the video off features. These options are available: DPMS OFF,
DPMS Reduce ON, Blank Screen, V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS Standby, and DPMS Sus-
pend. The DPMS (Display Power Management System) features allow the BIOS to
control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature. Blank Screen only
blanks the screen (or monitors without power management or "green" features). If set
up in your system, your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected. V/H
SYNC+Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning.
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PM Timers
This section controls the time-out settings for the Power Management scheme. The
system automatically "wakes up" from any power saving mode when there is sys-
tem activity, such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard, or when there is
activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels.
HDD Power Down (Disable)
This feature shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of
inactivity. This time period is user-configurable to 1-15 Mins or Disable. This fea-
ture does not affect SCSI hard disks.
Doze Mode, Standby Mode, Suspend Mode (Disable)
These fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate: 30 Sec,
1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 8 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 Hour, and Disable.
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Power Up Control
This section determines the ways the system can be controlled when it is started or
restarted, when modem activity is detected, or when power to the computer is inter-
rupted and reapplied. The Soft-Off mode refers to powering off the system through
a momentary button switch (ATX switch) or through the software as opposed to
disconnecting the AC power by way of a rocker switch or other means.
Ring Power Up (Enable)
This field allows either settings of Enable (default) or Disable for powering up the
computer (turns the ATX power supply on) when the modem begins receiving or
transmitting data while the computer is off.
Automatic Power Up (Disable)
This field allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system.
You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting
Enable, which will allow you to set the days (SUN–SAT) and time (hh:mm:ss) when
you want this function to activate.
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Fan Monitor (xxxxRPM)
The onboard hardware monitor can detect the Chassis Fan Speed and CPU Fan
Speed. These values refresh upon any key entries in the BIOS setup screen. Set to
Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given.
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