AWARD BIOS SETUP
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Power Management :
Power Management
User Define
Item Help
HDD Power Down
Disable
Menu Level
►
Doze
Mode
Disable
Suspend
Mode
Disable
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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
There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode setting.
Disable (Default)
No power management. Disables all four modes.
Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Doze Mode=1hr. Standby
Mode =1hr., Suspend Mode=1hr., and HDD Power
Down=15min.
Max. Power Saving Maximum power management. –Only available for SL CPU’s.
Doze Mode=1min., Standby Mode=1min., Suspend
Mode=1min., and HDD Power Down=1min.
User Defined
Allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled,
each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD
Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disabled.
PM Control by APM :
The default setting is “Yes”.
No
System BIOS will ignore APM when power managing the
system.
Yes
System BIOS will wait for APM’s prompt before it enter any PM
mode.
Note: Enable this for O.S. with APM like Windows® 98, Windows® NT, etc.