Chapter 4

BIOS Setup Description

Hard Disk Security User Password

Feature

Options

Description

Primary/Secondary

Master/Slave HDD

User Password

enter password

Set or clear the user password for the hard disk.

Note: This option will be shaded if the hard drive does support the Security Mode Feature set but user failed to unlock the drive during BIOS POST.

Hard Disk Security User Password

Feature

Options

Description

Primary/Secondary

Master/Slave HDD

Master Password

enter password

Set or clear the master password for the hard disk.

Note: This option will be shaded if the hard drive does support the Security Mode Feature set but user failed to unlock the drive during BIOS POST.

Power Setup

Select the Power tab from the setup menu to enter the Power Management setup screen.

Feature

Options

Description

Power Management /

Disabled

Set this option to allow or prevent chipset power

APM

Enabled

management and APM (Advanced Power

 

Management).

 

 

 

 

 

Suspend Timeout

Disabled

Specifies the length of time of inactivity the system

 

1- 60 Min

waits before it enters suspend mode.

 

 

 

Video Power Down

Disabled

Specifies the power state that the video subsystem

Mode

Standby

enters when the BIOS places it in a power saving state

 

after the specified period of display inactivity has

 

 

 

Suspend

expired.

 

 

 

Hard Disk Power

Disabled

Specifies the power state that the hard disk drives

Down Mode

Standby

enter after the specified period of hard drive inactivity

 

has expired.

 

Suspend

 

 

 

 

 

<Device>

Ignore

Determines whether the device activity is monitored

 

Monitor

by the power management timer or not.

 

 

 

 

 

Resume On Ring

Disabled

Disable / enable RI signal (= GPE2 on pin 89 of X4

 

Enabled

connector) to generate a wake event.

 

If enabled wake is possible from all power down

 

 

 

 

states including S5 (Soft Off).

 

 

 

Resume On PME

Disabled

Disable / enable PCI PME to generate a wake event.

 

Enabled

If enabled wake is possible from all power down

 

 

states including S5 (Soft Off).

 

 

 

Resume On RTC

Disabled

Disable / enable RTC to generate a wake event.

Alarm

Enabled

If enabled wake is possible from all power down

 

 

 

states including S5 (Soft Off).

 

 

 

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