Instruction manual

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AWARD BIOS Setup
Power Management Option
This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and
is directly related to the following items: Standby Mode and HDD Power
Down. There are three selections for Power Management, two of which have
fixed mode settings:
Min Power Saving Minimum power management.
Standby Mode = 1 Hour; HDD Power
Down = 15 min.
Max Power Saving Maximum power management.
Standby Mode = 30 Sec; HDD Power
Down = 1 min.
User Defined Allows you to set the values of each mode
individually.
Video Off Method
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
V/H SYNC+Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off
the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports
and write blanks to the video buffer.
Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
DPMS Initial display power management signaling.
Modem Use IRQ
Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your
system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. Settings are
3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and NA.
Soft-Off by RBTN
This item allows you to configure the power button as a normal power ON/
OFF button or a soft-off button. Settings are:
Instant-Off The power button functions as a normal power
ON/OFF button.
Delay 4 Sec. Pressing the power button for more than 4
seconds will place the system in a very low
power usage state (Soft-Off state), with only