Asus P3V133 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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4. BIOS SETUP
4. BIOS SETUP
Power Menu
Video Off Option [Suspend -> Off ]
This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor
power management. Configuration options: [Always On] [Suspend -> Off]
Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]
This field defines the video off features. The DPMS (Display Power Manage-
ment System) feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it
supports the DPMS feature. [Blank Screen] only blanks the screen. (Use this
for monitors without power management or green features. Your screen saver
will not display with [Blank Screen] selected). [V/H SYNC+Blank] blanks the
screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning. Configuration options:
[Blank Screen] [V/H SYNC+Blank] [DPMS Standby] [DPMS Suspend]
[DPMS OFF] [DPMS Reduce ON]
Hard Disk Timeout [Disabled]
When enabled, this shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system
after a period of inactivity as set in this user-configurable field. This fea-
ture does not affect SCSI hard drives. Configuration options: [Disabled]
[1 Min] [2 Min] [3 Min]...[15 Min]
Auto Suspend Timeout [Off]
This sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode. NOTE:
This field is only effective for DOS, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0
environments. Configuration options: [Off] [20 Sec] [1 Min]...[40 Min]
PWR Button Behavior [On/Off]
When set to [On/Off], the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power-
off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds. [Sleep/Wake] allows the
button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place
the system in sleep mode. Regardless of the setting, holding the ATX switch
for more than 4 seconds will power off the system. NOTE: This field is
only effective in APM OS system. Configuration options: [On/Off] [Sleep/
Wake]