
Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup
VIDEO OFF OPTION:
When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode.
Always On | Monitor will remain on during power saving modes. |
Suspend | Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend |
| mode. |
Susp,Stby | Monitor blanked when the system enters either Suspend or |
| Standby modes. |
All Modes | Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving |
| mode. |
VIDEO OFF METHOD:
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
V/H SYNC+Blank | This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical |
| and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the |
| video buffer. |
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Blank Screen | This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. |
DPMS | Select this option if your monitor supports the Display |
| Power Management Signalling (DPMS) standard of the |
| Video Electronics Standards to select video power |
| management values. |
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MODEM USE IRQ:
This item enable you to name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system.
SUSPEND MODE:
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off.
SOFT-OFF BY PWR-BTTN:
Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the
WAKE-UP BY PCI CARD:
An input signal from PME on the PCI card awakens the system from a soft off state.
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