User guide

Vario L2 BIOS Setup
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Video Off Option – Options Suspend →Off (default), Always On
This section controls whether the Video goes into power states or not
Video Off Method
This setting determines the manner in which the video is turned off
V/H Sync + Blank (default) turns off vertical and horizontal syncs and writes blanks to the video buffer
Blank Screen writes blanks to the video buffer
DPMS Support uses display power management signalling
Modem Use IRQ
This option sets the IRQ line the modem will use. Default is 3
Soft-Off by PWRBTN
When the system is hung, this setting determines the response to pressing the power button. Options are Instant-OFF
(default) or Delay 4 Sec
PCI PME Wake UP – Options Disabled (default), Enabled
This option when enabled will allow the system to wake up with any onboard LAN activity
ACPI XSDT Table
The XSDT refers to the Extended System Description Table. This should only be used for 64bit operating systems
HPET Support – Options Disabled (default), Enabled
The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) is capable of improving system performances. The HPET can produce periodic
interrupts at a much higher resolution than the RTC and is often used to synchronize multimedia streams, providing
smooth playback and reducing the need to use other timestamp calculations such as an x86 CPU's RDTSC instruction.
This can only be used with later OS’s such as Windows Vista and later versions of Linux
PWRON after PWR-Fail
Determines whether the system will boot automatically after power fail or not
Off (default) System will remain off
Former-State System will return to its state prior to power fail. If off, will remain off, if On will turn on
On System will turn on. If the unit was off before, it will now turn on
RTC Wake Up - Options Disabled (default), Enabled
When enabled, you can set the date and time at which the RTC will waken the system from Suspend mode
AMD K8 Cool & Quiet Control – Options Disabled (default), Auto
When set to Auto the system will automatically control the CPU voltage and frequency depending on the system loading