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ASUS SP97 / SP97-V User’s Manual 49
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
IV. BIOS
(Power Management)
Video Off Method (DPMS OFF)
This field defines the video off features. The following options are available: DPMS
OFF, DPMS Reduce ON, Blank Screen, V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS Standby, and
DPMS Suspend. The DPMS (Display Power Management System) features allow
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. If set up in your system, your screen saver will not display with
Blank Screen selected). V/H SYNC+Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical
and horizontal scanning.
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PM Timers
This section controls the time-out settings. The fields included in this section are
HDD Power Down, which places the hard disk into its lowest power consumption
mode, and the Doze, Standby and Suspend system inactivation modes. The system
automatically “wakes up” from any power saving mode when there is system activ-
ity, such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard, or when there is activity
detected from the enabled IRQ channels.
HDD Power Down (Disable)
This shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity,
configurable to 1-15 Mins or Disable. This feature does not affect SCSI hard disks.
Doze Mode, Standby Mode, Suspend Mode (Disable)
These fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate: 30 Sec,
1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 8 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 Hour, and Disable.
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Power Up Control
This section determines the ways the system can be controlled when modem activ-
ity is detected, or when power to the computer is interrupted and reapplied.
Ring Power Up Act (Disable)
Allows either settings of Enable or Disable (default) for powering up the computer
(turns the ATX power supply on) when the modem begins receiving or transmitting
data while the computer is off.
Automatic Power Up (Disable)
Allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system. The default
does not allow automatic power up. You may, however, configure your system to
power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday, which will allow you to
set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date.
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IRQ3 (device)-IRQ15 (device)
You can individually Enable or Disable each IRQ to include in the sleep function.
IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) is usually set to Disable so that any software alarm clock or
event calendar can wake up the system.