Chapter 7 BIOS ROM

Table 7-3.Setup Utility Functions Continued

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Option

Description

Power

Energy Saver

Allows user to set the energy saver mode

 

 

(advanced, disable, or minimal).

 

 

Note: In the minimal energy saver mode setting, the

 

 

hard drive and system do not go into energy saver

 

 

mode, but the setting allows you to press the power

 

 

button to suspend the system.

 

 

This option is not available under ACPI-enabled

 

 

operating systems.

 

Timeouts

Allows user to disable or manually select timeout

 

 

values for the system and/or all attached IDE hard

 

 

drives.

 

 

Note: This option has no effect under ACPI-enabled

 

 

operating systems. This selection will only appear

 

 

when energy saver mode is set to advanced.

 

Energy Saver Options

Allows user to set:

 

 

Power button configuration (on/off or sleep/wake)

 

 

under

 

 

APM-enabled operating systems

 

 

Power LED blink in suspend mode

 

 

(enable/disable). This option is not available under

 

 

ACPI-enabled operating systems.

 

 

Note: Energy Saver Options will not appear if the

 

 

energy saver mode is disabled.

Advanced

Power-On Options

Allows user to set:

(Advanced

 

POST mode (QuickBoot, FullBoot, or FullBoot

users only)

 

every 1-30

 

 

days)

 

 

POST messages (enable/disable)

 

 

Safe POST (enable/disable)

 

 

F10 prompt (enable/disable)

 

 

F12 prompt (enable/disable)

 

 

Option ROM prompt (enable/disable)

 

 

Remote wakeup boot sequence (remote

 

 

server/local hard drive)

 

 

After power loss (off/on)

 

 

If you connect your computer to an electric power

 

 

strip, and would like to turn on power to the

 

 

computer using the switch on the power strip, set

 

 

this option to on.

 

 

Note: If you turn off power to your computer

 

 

using the switch on a power strip, you will not

 

 

be able to use the suspend/sleep feature or the

 

 

Remote Management features.

 

 

UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) (enable/disable)

 

 

 

 

Onboard Devices

Allows you to set resources for or disable onboard

 

 

system devices (diskette controller, serial port,

 

 

parallel port).

 

PCI Devices

Lists currently installed PCI devices and their IRQ

 

 

settings.

 

 

Allows you to reconfigure IRQ settings for these

 

 

devices or to disable them entirely.

 

 

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