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Award BIOS Setup Utility
HDD Power Down
This is user configurable only when the Power Management category
is set to User Defined. When enabled and after the set time of system
inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other
devices remain active.
Soft-Off by PWRBTN
This category allows you to select the method of powering off your
system.
Hold 4 Sec. Regardless of whether the Power Management field is
enabled or disabled, if the power button is pushed
and released in less than 4 sec, the system enters the
Suspend mode. The purpose of this function is to
prevent the system from powering off in case you
accidentally hit or pushed the power button. Pushing
the power button for more than 4 seconds will
power off the system.
Instant-Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at
once will immediately power off your system.
Resume On Ring
Enabled Enables the Modem Ring-on feature. This allows your
system to power-on to respond to incoming calls.
Disabled Disables the Modem Ring-on feature. Your system will not
respond to incoming calls.
Resume On Alarm
Enabled When Enabled, the Date (of Month) and Timer
(hh:mm:ss) fields will appear right below this field. You can
set the date and time you would like the Soft Power
Down (Soft-Off) PC to power-on. If the system is being
accessed by incoming calls (Resume On Ring) prior to the
date and time set in these fields, the system will give
priority to the incoming calls.
Disabled Disables the automatic power-on function. (default)