1-18 Introduction

Table 1-7 Boot Setup Power Savings Menu
Item Function
Power Saving This option allows
y
ou to enable or disable power mana
g
e-
ment.
Select Disabled, all other power mana
g
ement settin
g
s are i
g
-
nored and disabled as well.
Select Disabled ON AC, the power mana
g
ement is disabled
onl
y
when the computer is powered b
y
the AC adapter, but
will enable the power management while on battery.
Select Enabled, the power mana
g
ement is enabled all the
time.
Standby Time-out This option allows
y
ou to specif
y
the len
g
th of time the s
y
stem
will be in the Idle Mode before entering the Standby mode.
Standb
y
Mode places the Serial, infrared and parallel ports,
floppy drive, and hard drive into a power saving mode.
Possible values include Disabled, 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 minutes.
Auto Suspend
Time-out
This option allows
y
ou to specif
y
the len
g
th of time the s
y
stem
will be in the Standb
y
mode before enterin
g
the Suspend
mode.
Possible values include Disabled, 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 minutes.
Suspend Mode This option allows you to enable Suspend mode.
Select Save to File, the computer saves data to the hard drive.
It is important to have a hidden file on the hard drive when
enablin
g
this; otherwise an error messa
g
e appears on the
display screen when the system restarts.
Select SUSPEND, the computer saves data to RAM
The computer switches to the Suspend mode after the preset
time of inactivit
y
. Durin
g
this Suspend mode the computer
becomes inactive, all devices are in Suspend mode, and the
CPU is powered off.
Hard Disk Time-out This option allows
y
ou to select a specific time-out value after
which power to the hard drive is shut down. Possible values
include Disabled, 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 minutes.
When not disabled, the hard drive shuts off after the preset
time of inactivit
y
. The hard drive will activate a
g
ain when the
s
y
stem tries to access it; this ma
y
cause a sli
g
ht dela
y
in the
computer’s operation as it waits for the hard drive to power up
again.
Set this option to Disable if
y
ou want the hard drive to alwa
y
s
be spinning.
Video Time-out This option allows
y
ou to specif
y
a len
g
th of time the ke
y
-
board and mouse is inactive before the screen is turned off.
Possible values include Disabled, 1, 2, 4 ,8, or 16 minutes.
Note: If you use “screen saver” software, the Video Monitor
should be set to Disabled.
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