Acer 500L - Manual (Page 67)

Chapter 3 BIOS Utility 3-21
Power Management
The Power Management menu allows you to configure the system
power-management feature.
The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and
their default settings:
Power Management
Power Management Mode ................. [Enabled]
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer ......... [Off]
System Sleep Timer .................. [Off]
Sleep Mode ........................ [----]
Power Switch < 4 sec. . ............... [Suspend]
System Wake-up Event
Modem Ring Indicator ................ [Enabled]
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, allow 3 to 5 seconds (depending on the
hard disk) for the disk to return to normal speed. Set this parameter to
OFF if your hard disk does not support this function.