ECS NFORCE3-A - Power Management Setup

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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 automatically resumed
by certain events.
Item Help
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Menu Level
Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power Management Setup
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F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1: General Help
ACPI Function [Enabled]
Power Management [User Define]
Video Off Method [DPMS Support]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
Soft-Off by PBTN [Instant-Off]
WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off [Disabled]
WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off [Disabled]
Power-On by Alarm [Disabled]
Day of Month Alarm 0
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0 : 0 : 0
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ACPI Function (Enabled)
This mainboard supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power management Inter-
face). Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature.
ACPI is an power management specification that makes hardward status
information available to the operating system. ACPI enables a PC to turn
its peripherals on and off for improved power management. It also allows
the PC to be turned on and off by external devices, so that mouse or
keyboary activity wakes up the computer.
Power Management (User Define)
This item acts like a master switch for the power-saving modes and hard disk timeouts. If
this item is set to Max Saving, power-saving modes occur after a short timeout. If this item
is set to Min Saving, power-saving modes occur after a longer timeout. If the item is set to
User Define, you can insert your own timeouts for the power-saving modes.
Video Off Method (DPMS Supported)
This item defines how the video is powered down to save power. This item is set to DPMS
(Display Power Management Software) by default.
HDD Power Down (Disabled)
The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time.
Soft-Off by PBTN (Instant-Off)
Under ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface) you can create a
software power down. In a software power down, the system can be resumed by Wake Up
Alarms. This item lets you install a software power down that is controlled by the power
button on your system. If the item is set to Instant-Off, then the power button causes a
software power down. If the item is set to Delay 4 Sec. then you have to hold the power