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12.1.7 Power Management
Option
BIOS
Default
Power Management
Dis.
PM Control by APM
Yes
Video Off Method
V/H
SYNC
+
Blank
Modem Use IRQ
3
Doze Mode
Dis.
Standby Mode
Dis.
Suspend Mode
Dis.
HDD Power Down
Dis.
Thernal Management
Dis.
Wake Up Events
IRQ3
Off
IRQ4
Off
IRQ8
Off
IRQ12
Off
Setup
Possible
Default
Settings
Dis.
Min Saving,
This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving
Max Saving,
for Doze, Standby, and Suspend modes.
Max Saving: Maximum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 minute
User Define,
Dis.
in each mode.
Min Saving: Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in
each mode (except the hard drive).
User Define: Set each mode individually. Select time-out periods in
the PM Timers section (see below).
Yes
Yes, No
If Advanced Power Management (APM) is installed, select Yes for
better power savings.
V/H
V/H SYNC +
Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
SYNC
Blank, DPMS,
V/H SYNC + Blank: System turns off vertical and horizontal
+
Blank Screen
synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer.
Blank
DPMS Support: Select this option if your monitor supports the
VESA Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard.
Use the software supplied for your video subsytem to select video
management values.
Blank Screen: System only writes blanks to the video buffer.
NA, 3, 4, 5, 7,
3
Assignes an IRQ line to the modem (if any) on your system. Activity
9, 10, 11
on the selected IRQ always awakens the system.
Dis.
1, ... , 40 mins,
After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), the
1 hour, Dis.
CPU clock runs at lower speed while all other devices still operate at
full speed.
Dis.
1, ... , 40 mins,
After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), the
1 hour, Dis.
fixed disk drive and the video shut off while all other devices still
operate at full speed.
Dis.
1, ... , 40 mins,
After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), all
1 hour, Dis.
devices except the CPU shut off.
Dis.
1, 2, 3, (...), 15
After the selected period of drive inactivity (1 to 15 min), the hard
mins
disk drive powers down while all other devices remain active.
Dis.
En., Dis.
Enable this option to monitor the CPU temperature. Whenever the
CPU overheats, it slows down to lower the temperature.
On, Off
When the system is in Doze or Standby mode, you may disable
activity monitoring of some common interrupt requests so they do
On
not wake up the system.
On
On
The default wake-up event is keyboard activity. In these wake-up
On
event fields, you can turn On or Off four commonly used interrupts.
For example, if you have a modem on IRQ3, you can turn on IRQ3
as a wake-up event, so an interrupt from the modem can wake up
the system. Or you may wish to turn Off IRQ12 (the PS/2) mouse as
a wake-up event, so accidentally brushing the mouse does not
awaken the system.
12-9
Software Setup
Description
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