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Table 1-7 Boot Setup Power Savings Menu
Item Function
Power Saving
This option allows
y
ou to enable or disable power mana
g
e-
ment.
Select
Disabled
, all other power mana
g
ement settin
g
s are i
g
-
nored and disabled as well.
Select
Disabled ON AC
, the power mana
g
ement is disabled
onl
y
when the computer is powered b
y
the AC adapter, but
will enable the power management while on battery.
Select
Enabled
, the power mana
g
ement is enabled all the
time.
Standby Time-out
This option allows
y
ou to specif
y
the len
g
th of time the s
y
stem
will be in the Idle Mode before entering the Standby mode.
Standb
y
Mode places the Serial, infrared and parallel ports,
floppy drive, and hard drive into a power saving mode.
Possible values include
Disabled, 1, 2, 4, 8,
or
16 minutes
.
Auto Suspend
Time-out
This option allows
y
ou to specif
y
the len
g
th of time the s
y
stem
will be in the Standb
y
mode before enterin
g
the Suspend
mode.
Possible values include
Disabled, 1, 2, 4, 8,
or
16 minutes
.
Suspend Mode
This option allows you to enable Suspend mode.
Select
Save to File
, the computer saves data to the hard drive.
It is important to have a hidden file on the hard drive when
enablin
g
this; otherwise an error messa
g
e appears on the
display screen when the system restarts.
Select
SUSPEND
, the computer saves data to RAM
The computer switches to the Suspend mode after the preset
time of inactivit
y
. Durin
g
this Suspend mode the computer
becomes inactive, all devices are in Suspend mode, and the
CPU is powered off.
Hard Disk Time-out
This option allows
y
ou to select a specific time-out value after
which power to the hard drive is shut down. Possible values
include
Disabled, 1, 2, 4, 8,
or
16 minutes
.
When not disabled, the hard drive shuts off after the preset
time of inactivit
y
. The hard drive will activate a
g
ain when the
s
y
stem tries to access it; this ma
y
cause a sli
g
ht dela
y
in the
computer’s operation as it waits for the hard drive to power up
again.
Set this option to
Disable
if
y
ou want the hard drive to alwa
y
s
be spinning.
Video Time-out
This option allows
y
ou to specif
y
a len
g
th of time the ke
y
-
board and mouse is inactive before the screen is turned off.
Possible values include
Disabled, 1, 2, 4 ,8,
or
16 minutes
.
Note: If you use “screen saver” software, the
Video Monitor
should be set to
Disabled
.
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