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Bios setup, 3 power management setup – Asus K7M-RM User Manual

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4. BIOS SETUP

4. BIOS SETUP

Power Management

4.4.3 Power Management Setup

Power Management/APM [Enabled]

Advanced Power Management (APM) is an application program interface that in-
cludes power management in the BIOS. Leave on the Setup default [Enabled].
NOTE: To access the following 18 BIOS power management features, you must
set this field to [Enabled].

Green PC Monitor Power State [Stand by] (*APM feature)

This field sets the state of the green monitor in use when the system enters power-
saving mode. Available options: [Stand By] [Suspend] [Off]

Video Power Down Mode [Stand By] (*APM feature)

This field determines when to power down the monitor for monitor power
management. The monitor automatically wakes up when any specified system ac-
tivity is detected. Available options: [Disabled] [Stand By] [Suspend]

Hard Disk Power Down Mode [Disabled] (*APM feature)

This field sets when to power down all the IDE hard disk drives in the system. The
hard disks automatically wake up when any specified system activity is detected.
Available options: [Disabled] [Stand By] [Suspend]

Standby / Suspend Time Out (Minute) [Disabled] (*APM feature)

These fields set the period of inactivity before the system is put to standby/ suspend
mode. The system automatically wakes up when any specified system activity is
detected. Available options: [Disabled] [1] [2] [4] [8] [10] [20] [30] [40] [50] [60]

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