Chapter 2 - BIOS Utility 2-17
2.5 Power Management
The Power Management menu lets you configure the system power management
features.
The following screen shows the Power Management parameters with their default
settings:
Power Management Page 1/1
Power Management Mode ..................[Disabled]
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer .........[---]
System Sleep Timer ..................[---]
Stop CPU Clock in Sleep State ....[---]
Power Switch < 4 sec. ..............[Power Off]
Wakeup Event
Modem Ring ..........................[Disabled]
↑↓ = Move Highlight Bar, = Change Setting, F1 = Help

2.5.1 Power Management Mode

This parameter allows you to reduce power consumption. When this parameter
is set to Enabled, you can configure the IDE hard disk and system timers. Setting
to Disabled deactivates the power management feature and all the timers.

IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer

This parameter allows the hard disk to enter standby mode after inactivity of 1 to
15 minutes, depending on your setting. When you access the hard disk again,