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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.
Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power Management Setup
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ACPI Suspend Type [S3(STR)]
Video Off Method [DPMS Support]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
Soft-Off by PBTN [Instant-Off]
Resume By PCI PME [Enabled]
Resume By Ring [Disabled]
Power-On by Alarm [Disabled]
Day of Month Alarm 0
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0 : 0 : 0
Resume By PS2 MS (S3) Disabled
Resume By PS2 KB (S3) Disabled
Hot Key Power ON [Ctrl-F1]
Power on After Power fail [off]
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ACPI Suspend Type [S3(STR)]
Use this item to define how your system suspends. In the default, S3 (STR), the suspend
mode is a suspend to RAM, i.e., the system shuts down with the exception of a refresh
current to the system memory.
Video Off Method (DPMS Support)
This item defines how the video is powered down to save power. This item is set to DPMS
(Display Power Management Software) by default.
ECP Mode Use DMA (3)
When the onboard parallel port is set to ECP mode, the parallel port can use DMA 3 or
DMA 1.
Press <Esc> to return to the Integrated Peripherals page.
IDE HDD Block Mode (Enabled)
Enables this field if your IDE hard drive supports block mode. Block mode enables BIOS to
automatically detect the optimal number of block read and writes per sector that the drive
can support and improves the speed of access to IDE devices.
HDD Power Down (Disabled)
The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of
time.
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