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ASUS P5S-B User’s Manual 57

IV. BIOS SETUP

Power Management

Power Management Setup

Power Management Setup allows you to reduce power consumption. This feature

turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity.

NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading.

Details of Power Management Setup

Power Management (User Define)

This field acts as the master control for the power management modes. User Define

allows you to set power saving options according to your preference; Disable dis-

ables the power saving features; Min Saving puts the system into power saving mode

after 40 min of system inactivity; Max Saving puts the system into power saving

mode after 30 sec of system inactivity.

IMPORTANT: Advanced Power Management (APM) should be installed to keep

the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the

BIOS Power Management. For DOS environments, you need to add

DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE in you CONFIG.SYS. For Windows 3.x and Win-

dows 95, you need to install Windows with the APM feature. A battery and power

cord icon labeled Power will appear in the Control Panel. Double-click Power to

adjust your system's power properties and then click Advanced in the Power Man-

agement dialogue box. Windows 98, by default, installs the APM. Double-click Power

Management in the Control Panel to select your preferred Power Schemes and/or

power management behaviors (under the Advanced tab).

Video Off Option (Susp,Stby -> Off )

This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power

management. The settings are All Modes -> Off; Always On; Suspend -> Off; and

Susp,Stby -> Off .