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Award BIOS Setup Utility 
Power Management
This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Suspend mode and HDD Power Down fields are activated.
Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down = 1 hr.
Max. Power Saving Maximum power management. Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down = 1 min.
User Define Allows you to set each mode individually. When enabled, each option ranges from 1 min. to 1 hr.
Video Off Method
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
V/H SYNC + Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.
Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
DPMS Initializes display power management signaling. Use this option if your video board supports it.
Video Off In Suspend
This field is used to activate the video off feature when the system enters the Suspend mode. The options are Yes and No.
Suspend Mode
This is user configurable only when the Power Management category is set to User Define. When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off.
HDD Power Down
This is user configurable only when the Power Management category is set to User Define. When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.
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