BIOS SETUP 41
• Suspend Mode
After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), all devices except the
CPU will be shut down.
• HDD Power Down
After the selected period of system inactivity (1 to 15 minutes), the hard disk drive powers
down while all other devices remain active. This feature doesn’t effect SCSI hard drives.
• Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
When set to “Instant-off”, the ATX switch can be used as a normal system Power Off button.
When set to “Delay 4 seconds”, you need to press the Power Off button down for more than 4
seconds if you want to Power Off the system.
• Wake-Up by PCI & WOL
Select “Enabled” if you want to Power On your system when a PCI or LAN event occurs.
• Power On by Ring
Select “Enabled” to Power On your system when the external modem receives a call.
NOTE: This function requires an external modem which supports the Ring Wake-
Up function.
• USB KB Wake-Up From S3
When your system is in S3 (Suspend to RAM) mode, you can wake-up the system by pressing
the wake-up key on the USB Keyboard.
• CPU Thermal-Throttling
Select the CPU Thermal-Throttling rate. If BIOS detects that the CPU temperature is too
high, it will slow down the CPU’s speed according to this field. The choices are: “87.5%”,
“75.0%”, “62.5%”, “50.0%”, “37.5%”, “25.0%” and “12.5%”.
• Resume by Alarm
Select “Enabled” if you want to power up your system at a certain time on the same day every
month, or at a certain time every day.
• Date/Time
Set the Date and Time to Power On the system. Activated only when the “Resume by
Alarm” field is enabled.
• Reload Global Timer Events
When “Enabled”, an event occurring on any device listed below restarts the global timer from
Standby Mode, and Powers On the system.