96 | 4 BIOS Setup utility |
Power Management
The Power Management menu allows you to configure the system’s power management feature.
The screen below shows the parameters on the Power Management screen:
Parameter | Description | Option |
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Power | Allows you to reduce power |
Management | consumption. When this parameter is set |
Mode | to Enabled, you can configure the IDE hard |
| disk and system timers. Setting it to |
| Disabled deactivates the power- |
| management feature and its timers. |
Enabled
Disabled
IDE Hard Disk | Allows the hard disk to enter standby |
Standby Timer | mode after inactivity of 1 to 15 minutes, |
| depending on your setting. When you |
| access the hard disk again, allow 3 to 5 |
| seconds (depending on the hard disk) for |
| the disk to return to normal speed. Set this |
| parameter to Off if your hard disk does not |
| support this function. |
Off
1 minute to
15 minutes
