This item allows you to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACI).
The choices: Enabled, Disabled.
Power Management:
This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes:
1.HDD Power Down
2.Doze Mode
3.Suspend Mode
Min. Power Saving:
Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr., Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min.
Max. Power Saving:
Maximum power management
User Defined:
Allow you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each of the ranges is from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down, which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.
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:
Initial display power management signaling.
Video Off In Suspend:
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. The choices: Yes, No.
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