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Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-19

3.6

Power Management

The Power Management menu lets you configure the system power-management
feature.

The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default
settings:

Power Management

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Power Management Mode .............. [Enabled ]

IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer ...... [10] Minute(s)
System Sleep Timer ............... [10] Minute(s)
Sleep Mode ..................... [Suspend]

Power Switch < 4 Sec. ............... [Suspend ]

System Wake-Up Event
Modem Ring Indicator .............. [Disabled]

↑↓

= Move Highlight Bar

F1 = Help

Esc = Exit

= Change Setting,

3.6.1

Power Management Mode

This parameter allows you to reduce power consumption. When this parameter is
set to

Enabled

, you can configure the IDE hard disk and system timers. Setting it

to

Disabled

deactivates the power-management feature and its timers.

IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer

This parameter allows the hard disk to enter standby mode after inactivity of 1 to
15 minutes, depending on your setting. When you access the hard disk again,

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