36 Chapter 2
Power Management
The Power Management menu lets you configure the system power-management feature. It works only under
APM mode.
IMPORTANT:If an ACPI-aware operating system such as Windows 98 or Windows 2000 is installed in ACPI
mode, the operating system will use the ACPI interfaces. Then the settings in Power Management
page is non-effective.
The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default settings:
The following table describes the parameters found in this menu. Settings in boldface are the default and
suggested settings.
Parameter Description Options
Power Management Mode Allows you to reduce the system’s power
consumption. When enab led, the IDE hard
disk and system timers become
configurable.
Enabled or Disabled
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer Allows the hard disk to en ter Standby mode
after inactivity of 1 to 15 minutes, depending
on your setting.
1 to 15 minutes, or Off
System Sleep Timer Automatically puts the system to power-
saving mode after a sp ecified period of
inactivity. Any keyboard or mouse action, or
any activity detected from the IRQ channels
resumes system operation.
2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40,
50...120 minutes, or Off
Sleep Mode Lets you specify the po wer-saving mode
that the system will enter after a spec ified
period of inactivity. This parameter i s
configurable only if the System Sleep Timer
is enabled.
Standby or Suspend
Power Switch < 4 sec. Lets you specify whether to automa tically
turn off the machine or put the syste m to
Suspend mode when the power swi tch is
pressed for less than 4 seconds.
Power Off or Suspend
System Wake-up Event Lets you specify the activity that will resume
the system to normal operation.
Power Manageme nt
Power Management Mode .....................................[Enabled ]
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer ............................[OFF]
System Sleep Timer .............................................[30] Minute(s)
Sleep Mode ........................................................[Suspend]
Power Switch < 4 sec..............................................[Power Off]
System wake-up event
Modem Ring Indicat or............. .................... .........[E nabled ]
PCI Power Management.......................................[Enabled ]
Restart on AC/Power Failure .................................[Enabled ]