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3.5 Power Management Setup
The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most
effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own
style of computer use.
Figure 3-5. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SCREEN
ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEV5B)
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
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Power Management : Disabled Primary INTR : ON
PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ3 (COM2) : Primary
Video Off Option : Suspend -> Off IRQ4 (COM1) : Primary
Video Off Method : V/H SYNC+Blank IRQ5 (LPT2) : Primary
MODEM Use IRQ : 3 IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) : Primary
Soft-Off by PWRBNT : Instant-Off IRQ7 (LPT1) : Primary
** PM Timers ** IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) : Disabled
HDD Power Down : Disabled IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) : Secondary
Doze Mode : Disabled IRQ10 (Reserved) : Secondary
Suspend Mode : Disabled IRQ11 (Reserved) : Secondary
** PM Events ** IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) : Primary
VGA : OFF IRQ13 (Coprocessor) : Primary
LPT & COM : LPT/COM IRQ14 (Hard Disk) : Primary
HDD & FDD : ON IRQ15 (Reserved) : Disabled
DMA/master : OFF
ESC : Quit ↑ ↓ → ←: Select Item
Modem Ring Resume : Disabled F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
RTC Alarm Resume : Disabled F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults
3.5.1 Power Management (Disabled)
This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and
is directly related to the following modes:
1. Doze Mode
2. Suspend Mode
3. HDD Power Down
There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have
fixed mode settings.
Disable No power management. Disables all four modes
Mini Saving Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr.
Suspend Mode = 1 hr.
Max Saving Maximum power management -- ONLY
AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU’ S. Doze Mode = 10 sec,
Suspend Mode = 10 sec.