Specifications

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Utility
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♦ Hard Disk Drive Power Down Mode – [Disabled], [Standby] or [Suspend]
∗ If [Disabled] is selected, the hard disk drive (HDD) is prevented from going into a power
down mode.
∗ If [Standby] is selected, the hard disk drive (HDD) is stopped from spinning during this
standby mode.
∗ If [Suspend] is selected, the power to the hard disk drive (HDD) is removed during this
system suspend state.
♦ Standby Time Out – [Disabled], [1 Min], [2 Min], [4 Min], [8 Min], [10 Min], [20 Min],
[30 Min], [40 Min], [50 Min], or [60 Min]
∗ If [Disabled] is selected, the system is prevented from entering the standby mode.
∗ If [1 to 40] is selected, the system enters standby mode after being inactive for the
specified number of minutes, such as, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 4 minutes, etc.
♦ Suspend Time Out – [Disabled], [1 Min], [2 Min], [4 Min], [8 Min], [10 Min], [20 Min], [30
Min], [40 Min], [50 Min], or [60 Min]
∗ If [Disabled] is selected, the system is prevented from entering the suspend mode.
∗ If [1 to 60] is selected, the system enters suspend mode after being inactive for the
specified number of minutes, such as, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 4 minutes, etc.
♦ Throttle Slow Clock Ratio – [87.5%], [75.0%], [62.5%], [50%], [37.5%], [25%], or [12.5%]
This field allows the BIOS to throttle the CPU clock to reduce power consumption by the
percentage selected.
Selecting [87.5% to 12.5%] allows the BIOS to throttle back the CPU clock and operate a the
percentage specified. For example, a throttle ratio of 50% means the clock is turned off
during half of it its normal operational time. Selecting 87.5%, means the CPU clock is
operating 87.5% of the time.
♦ Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse – [Ignore] or [Monitor]
∗ If [Monitor] is selected, the activity of the Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse can wake up the
system from a power management state.
∗ If [Ignore] is selected, the Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse will not wake up the system from a
power management state.
♦ FDC/LPT/COM Ports – [Ignore] or [Monitor]
∗ If [Monitor] is selected, the activity on the FDC/LPT/COM Ports can wake up the system
from a power management state.
∗ If [Ignore] is selected, the FDC/LPT/COM Ports will not wake up the system from a
power management state.
♦ Primary master IDE – [Ignore] or [Monitor]
∗ If [Monitor] is selected, activity on the Primary Master IDE channel can wake up the
system from a power management state.
∗ If [Ignore] is selected, activity on the Primary Master IDE channel will not wake up the
system from a power management state.
♦ Primary slave IDE – [Ignore] or [Monitor]
∗ If [Monitor] is selected, activity on the Primary Slave IDE channel can wake up the
system from a power management state.
∗ If [Ignore] is selected, activity on the Primary Slave IDE channel will not wake up the
system from a power management state.