Elitegroup PMI8M (V2.0) - Manual (Page 42)

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Using BIOS
Power Management Setup
This option lets you control system power management. The system has various
power-saving modes including powering down the hard disk, turning off the video,
suspending to RAM, and software power down that allows the system to be automati-
cally resumed by certain events.
The power-saving modes can be controlled by timeouts. If the system is inactive for
a time, the timeouts begin counting. If the inactivity continues so that the timeout
period elapses, the system enters a power-saving mode. If any item in the list of
Reload Global Timer Events is Enabled, then any activity on that item will reset the
timeout counters to zero.
If the system is suspended or has been powered down by software, it can be
resumed by a wake up call that is generated by incoming traffic to a modem, a
LAN card, a PCI card, or a fixed alarm on the system realtime clock
ACPI Suspend Type (S3(STR))
Use this item to define how your system suspends. In the default, S1 (POS), the
suspend mode is equivalent to a software power down. If you select S3 (STR), the
suspend mode is suspend to RAM, i.e., the system shuts down with the exception of
a refresh current to the system memory.
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Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume (Auto): Use this item to initialize the
VGA BIOS from S3 (Suspend to RAM) sleep state.
Video Off Method (DPMS)
This item defines how the video is powered down to save power. This item is set to
DPMS (Display Power Management Software) by default.
Video Off In Suspend (Yes)
This option defines if the video is powered down when the system is put into suspend
mode.
Item Help
Menu Level
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ACPI Suspend Type [S3 (STR)]
Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume [Auto]
Video Off Method [DPMS]
Video Off In Suspend [Yes]
Suspend Type [Stop Grant]
Modem Use IRQ [3]
Suspend Mode [Disabled]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN [Instant-Off]
Wake-Up by PCI card [Enabled]
Power On by Ring [Disabled]
Wake Up On LAN [Disabled]
Resume by Alarm [Disabled]
Date (of Month) Alarm 0
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0 0 0
** Reload Global Timer Events **
Primary IDE 0 [Disabled]
Primary IDE 1 [Disabled]
Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power Management Setup
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