User`s guide

The BIOS Setup Program
3–16
Field Settings Description
Standby
Time-out
• Disabled
• 1 Min.
• 2 Min.
• 3 Min. *
• 5 10, 15, 30 Min.
Indicates the amount of time the
system needs to be idle before entering
Standby mode.
In order to make changes to this field,
Power Savings must be set to
Customize.
Suspend (to
RAM)
Time-out
• Disabled
• 1 Min.
• 2 Min.
• 3 Min. *
• 5, 10, 15, 30 Min.
Indicates the amount of time the
system needs to be idle before entering
Suspend (to RAM) mode. Power
Savings must be set to Customize in
order to change these values.
Suspend-to-
Disk
Time-out
• Disabled
• 1, 2, 3, 5 Min.
• 10 Min. *
• 15, 20, 30 Min.
Indicates the amount of time the
system needs to be in Save to RAM
before entering Suspend-to-Disk mode.
In order to make customized changes
to this field, Power Savings must be set
to Customize.
Lid Switch
• CRT
• Suspend *
Sets action system performs when the
notebook’s Lid Switch is closed. If
connecting an external monitor, set
this field to CRT.
Hard Disk
Time-Out
• Disabled
• 1 Min.
• 2 Min. *
• 3 Min.
• 5, 10, 15, 20 Min.
Indicates the amount of time the hard
disk needs to be inactive before it is
turned off.
In order to make customized changes
to this field, Power Savings must be set
to Customize.
Suspend
Mode
• Save to RAM*
• Save to Disk
Selects Suspend mode the system will
enter when forced to suspend, i.e.
pressing the suspend/resume button.
Resume on
Modem
Ring
• OFF*
• ON
If enabled, a modem ring will resume
the system from suspend mode.
Alarm
Resume
• OFF *
• On
Enables or Disables Alarm Resume
Time
Alarm
Resume
Time
Enter time in a 24 hour
format.
13:00 = 1:00 p.m.
Allows you to specify the time the
system will resume.
* Default value.