Custom Timeout Options

 

 

Option

Definition

 

 

CPU Speed Control

Sets CPU performance at one of four levels.

Hard Disk Timeout

Sets the time delay before your hard disk powers

 

down.

Video Timeout

Sets whether to timeout the video or not.

Peripheral Timeout

Sets whether to timeout the peripheral or not.

Audio Device

Sets the time delay before your audio device powers

Timeout

off.

Standby Timeout

Selects the system standby timeout period.

Auto Suspend

Defines how much time elapses from the time the

Timeout

system enters Standby mode to the time the system

 

automatically enters Suspend Mode.

 

 

!

!

LCD Suspend — Allows you to suspend the system when the LCD panel is closed.

Suspend Option — Specifies either Suspend or Save to File (STF) as the default power management mode. For details about using this parameter, see the section, “Managing System Power,” later in this chapter.

!Automatic STF — Enables the system, after 30 minutes in Suspend mode, to save the current working environment to a special file on the hard disk and to power down the system.

If Auto Save to File is set to Off and the save-to-file area is present on your hard drive, pressing the Fn-Power/Sleepkey combination puts the system into Save to File mode. For details about using this parameter, see the section, “Managing System Power,” later in this chapter. For details about creating the save-to-file area, see the section, “HDPREPEZ Utility,” in Chapter 4.

!Panel Brightness — Selects the LCD screen brightness.

!Suspend Warning Tone — Specifies whether the system warning tone sounds when Suspend mode starts. It is best to keep this option enabled.

!Wake Up from Suspend Alarm/Resume Alarm Time — Allows the alarm to wake up the system from Suspend. Designates the time parameter in five minutes increments.

Using the BIOS Setup Utility 3-13

Page 53
Image 53
NEC VX manual Custom Timeout Options, Option Definition