BIOS Setup Utility

SY- P4I865PE Plus DRAGON 2

 

Power Management Controls (Continue)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting

Description

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDD Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled

 

Default

 

 

Down

 

1-15Min

When the set time has

Some older

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

elapsed, BIOS sends a

model HDDs

 

 

 

 

 

command to the HDD to

may not

 

 

 

 

 

power down. This turns off

support this

 

 

 

 

 

the HDD motor.

advanced

 

 

Soft-Off by

 

 

 

function.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instant-off

Turns off the system power instant

Default

 

 

PWR-BTTN

 

 

after pushing the power button.

 

 

 

 

 

Delay 4

Turns off the system power 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sec.

seconds after pushing the power

 

 

 

Wake-Up by

 

 

button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled

If enabled any PCI card using the

Default

 

 

PCI card

 

Enabled

PINE signal will wake the system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power On by

 

 

up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled

 

 

Default

 

 

Ring

 

Enabled

The system will self-power on when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the modem is ringing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB KB Wake

 

Disabled

When Enabled, this feature allows

Default

 

 

Up From S3

 

Enabled

the USB KB to wake the system up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from the S3 (suspend to RAM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

state.

 

 

 

 

Resume by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled

The system ignores the alarm.

 

Default

 

 

Alarm

 

Enabled

Set alarm to power on the system by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the date (1-31) or time (hh:mm:ss).

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the date is set to [0], the system

 

 

 

 

 

 

will self-power on by alarm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

everyday at the set time.

 

 

 

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AB Soft ATX 12V user manual Power Management Controls Continue

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