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Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility
Power Management
This selection allows you to select the type (or degree) of
power saving for Sleep, Standby and Suspend modes. The
options are: Maximum Power Savings, User Defined and
Minimum Power Savings.
Max Saving Maximum power savings. Inactivity period is
User Define Set each mode individually. Select time-out
Min Saving Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is
PM Control By APM
When enabled, power management is controlled by the
Advanced Power Management (APM) feature, which
gives better power savings. The default setting is YES.
Video OFF Method
This selection defines the video off method in standby
mode. The following table describes each option:
SYNC+Blank
DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor supports the
Blank Screen
Video OFF After
Select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank.
The default setting is Standby.
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1 minute in each mode.
periods in the PM Timers section.
1 hour in each mode (except the hard drive).
System turns off vertical and horizontal
synchronization ports and writes blanks to the
video buffer.
Display Power Management Signaling
(DPMS) standard of the Video Electronics
Standards Association (VESA). Use the
software supplied for your video subsystem to
select video power management values.
System only writes blanks to the video buffer.
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