4. BIOS SETUP

Video Off Option [Suspend -> Off ]

This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management. Configuration options: [Always On] [Suspend -> Off]

Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]

This field defines the video off features. The DPMS (Display Power Management System) feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature. [Blank Screen] only blanks the screen. (Use this for monitors without power management or “green” features. Your screen saver will not display with [Blank Screen] selected). [V/H SYNC+Blank] blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scan- ning. Configuration options: [Blank Screen] [V/H SYNC+Blank] [DPMS Standby] [DPMS Suspend] [DPMS OFF] [DPMS Reduce ON]

HDD Power Down [Disabled]

When enabled, this 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] [3 Min]...[15 Min]

Suspend-to-RAM Capability [Disabled]

Suspend-to-RAM (STR) is an updated energy-saving feature and requires the system be set up to support ACPI. In Suspend-to-RAM state, all devices on the computer are turned off, except for the system RAM. Thus, the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power. [Auto] allows the BIOS to detect if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the +5VSB lead to support the STR function. If the power supply meets the requirement, the STR function will be enabled; if not, this function will be disabled. If your expansion cards do not support the STR function, you must leave this field on the default setting of [Disabled]. NOTE: This field is only effective for DOS, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0 environments. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled]

Suspend Mode [Disabled]

Sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode. NOTE: This field is only effective for DOS, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0 environments. Configuration options: [Disabled] [30 Sec] [1 Min] [2 Min] [4 Min] [8 Min] [20 Min] [40 Min]

PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft off]

When set to [Soft off], the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power-off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds. [Suspend] allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode. Regardless of the setting, holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system. NOTE: This field is only effective in APM OS system. Configuration options: [Soft off] [Suspend]

BIOS SETUP

Power Menu

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