Asus F74 - Manual (Page 46)

46 Notebook PC User’s Manual
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. BIOS Software
The Power Menu
The Power menu of the Setup program allows you to enable and adjust the advanced features of the Notebook PC, which
are designed to conserve power. Enabling these features will extend the life of the battery pack between charges. To make
changes to power management settings, select Power Savings from the menu bar. The following menu appears:
Item Specific Help
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit
Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit
Power Savings: [Customized]
Suspend Mode: [Save To RAM]
Standby Timeout: [Off]
Auto Suspend Timeout: [Off]
Hard Disk Timeout: [Disabled]
Video Timeout: [Disabled]
Resume On Modem Ring: [On]
Beep On Battery Low: [Enabled]
Select Power Management
Mode. Choosing modes
changes system power
management settings .
Maximum Power Savings
conserves the greatest
amount of system power
while Maximum
Performance conserves
power but allows
greatest system
performance . To alter
these settings , choose
Customize . To turn off
power management ,
choose Disable.
Power Savings
This option must be enabled to use any of the automatic power saving features. The options for this field are:
[Disabled] [Customized] [Maximum Power Savings] [Maximum Performance]
If this menu item is set to Disabled, power management features will not function regardless of other field settings on
this menu. The Customized option allows you to make your own selections in the Power menu. When set to Maximum
Power Savings, system power will be conserved to its greatest amount. The next four fields will then be set to pre-
defined values that ensure maximum power savings. When this field is set to Maximum Performance, best system
performance is achieved with some power conservation. The next four fields will then be set to predefined values that
ensure maximum power savings.
Suspend Mode
This field determines the type of suspend mode when the Notebook PC enters power saving. The options for this field are:
[Save To RAM] [Save To Disk]