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ASUS A7VI-VM User’s Manual 66
4. BIOS SETUP
4. BIOS SETUP
Power Menu
Video Off Option [Suspend -> Off ]
This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power man-
agement. Configuration options: [Always On] [Suspend -> Off]
Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]
This field defines the video off features. The DPMS (Display Power Management
System) feature allows 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. Configuration options: [Blank Screen]
[V/H SYNC+Blank] [DPMS Standby] [DPMS Suspend] [DPMS OFF] [DPMS Re-
duce ON]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity as
set in this user-configurable field. This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [1 Min] [2 Min] [3 Min]...[15 Min]
Suspend Mode [Disabled]
Sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode. Configuration
options: [Disabled] [30 Sec] [1 Min]... [40 Min]
PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft Off]
When set to [Soft off], the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power-off
button when pressed for less than 4 seconds. [Suspend] allows the button to have a
dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep
mode. Regardless of the setting, holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds
will power off the system. Configuration options: [Soft off] [Suspend]