4.BIOS SETUP

4.6Power Menu

SETUP BIOS .4

Menu Power

General Power Settings

Auto Suspend Timeout [20 Min]

This field sets the time period of inactivity before the system goes into suspend mode. Configuration options: [Off] [1~2 Min] [2~3 Min]...[1 Hour]

HDD Power Down [15 Min]

This field shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity as set in this user-configurable field. This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives. Configuration options: [Disabled] [1 Min] [2 Min] ...[15 Min]

State after a Power Failure [Auto]

This allows you to set whether you want your system to reboot after the power has been interrupted. [Off] leaves your system off and [On] reboots your system. [Auto] returns your computer back to the state it was in before the power failure. Configuration options: [Off] [Auto] [On]

Power-Up Events

On External Activity

Serial Port [Off]

This feature allows your computer to be powered up from Soft-off mode when the device connecting to the serial port (such as an external modem) reveives a call. Configuration options: [Off] [On]

PCI Bus [Off]

This feature allows your computer to be powered up from Soft-off mode when a PCI device (such as a modem or network card) receives a call. Configuration options: [Off] [On]

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