Table 3-14. BIOS Setup Power Savings Options (Continued)
Option | Settings | Description |
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Standby Timeout | Off | Standby Mode turns off various devices in the system, including |
| 1 Minute | the screen and the CPU until you start using the computer again. |
| 2 Minutes | Select the period of time the system should be inactive before it |
| 4 Minutes | automatically enters standby mode. When in standby mode, some |
| 6 Minutes | system components, including the display, are turned off to |
| 8 Minutes | conserve battery power. Select Off to disable the Standby Mode |
| 12 Minutes | Timeout feature. |
| 16 Minutes |
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Auto Suspend Timeout | Off | Determines the amount of time elapsed with no system activity |
| 5 Minutes | before system operation is suspended automatically. |
| 10 Minutes |
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| 15 Minutes |
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| 20 Minutes |
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| 30 Minutes |
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| 40 Minutes |
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| 60 Minutes |
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Suspend Mode | Suspend | Determines the suspend mode used when you press the Suspend/ |
| Save To Disk | Resume button or when the Suspend Mode Timeout expires. |
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| Selecting [Suspend] also allows you to configure the |
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| Timeout option. |
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| Note: You must choose [Suspend] to use the Resume On Modem |
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| Ring and Resume On Time options. If [Save To Disk] is selected, |
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| and either Resume On Modem Ring or Resume On Time are |
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| enabled, the system will suspend to RAM and won’t save to disk. |
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Auto | Off | Determines whether the system automatically performs a |
| After 1 Hour | |
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| feature, the Suspend Mode option must be set to [Suspend]. |
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Resume On Modem Ring | Off | Select [On] to configure the system to resume operation when an |
| On | incoming call is detected by your modem. |
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| This feature will detect a modem ring on the |
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| modem installed in a PC Card slot, or an external modem |
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| connected to a serial port; however, implementation of the ring |
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| indicator function differs between modem vendors, so this feature |
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| may not be supported by some |
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| To use this feature, the Suspend Mode option must be set to |
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| [Suspend]. If [Save To Disk] is selected, and Resume On Modem |
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| Ring is On, the system will suspend to RAM and won’t save to disk. |
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Resume On Time | Off | Select [On] to configure your system to resume operation at the |
| On | time of day specified in the Resume Time field. |
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| To use this feature, the Suspend Mode option must be set to |
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| [Suspend]. If [Save To Disk] is selected, and Resume On Time is |
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| On, the system will suspend to RAM and won’t save to disk. |
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Resume Time | 00:00:00 | Determines time of day system will resume when the Resume On |
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| Time option is On. Enter the time of day in HH:MM:SS format. |
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| Note: system uses a |
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Advanced Features |
| Select this submenu to further refine power management BIOS |
Submenu |
| options. See Table |
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BIOS Setup | 22 |