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ASUS P3B-F User’s Manual 67
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 management. Configuration options: [Always On] [Suspend -> Off]
Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]
This field defines the video off features. The DPMS (Display Power Man-
agement 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. Your
screen saver will not display with [Blank Screen] selected). [V/H
SYNC+Blank] blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scan-
ning. Configuration options: [Blank Screen] [V/H SYNC+Blank] [DPMS
Standby] [DPMS Suspend] [DPMS OFF] [DPMS Reduce ON]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
When enabled, this shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system
after a period of inactivity as set in this user-configurable field. This fea-
ture does not affect SCSI hard drives. Configuration options: [Disabled]
[1 Min] [2 Min] [3 Min]...[15 Min]
Suspend-to-RAM Capability [Disabled]
Suspend-to-RAM (STR) is an updated energy-saving feature and requires
the system be set up to support ACPI. In Suspend-to-RAM state, all de-
vices on the computer are turned off, except for the system RAM. Thus,
the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power. [Auto] allows the BIOS to
detect if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the +5VSB lead
to support the STR function. If the power supply meets the requirement,
the STR function will be enabled; if not, this function will be disabled. If
your expansion cards do not support the STR function, you must leave this
field on the default setting of [Disabled]. NOTE: This field is only effective
for DOS, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0 environments. Configuration
options: [Auto] [Disabled]
Suspend Mode [Disabled]
Sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode. NOTE:
This field is only effective for DOS, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0
environments. Configuration options: [Disabled] [30 Sec] [1 Min] [2 Min]
[4 Min] [8 Min] [20 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. NOTE: This
field is only effective in APM OS system. Configuration options: [Soft off]
[Suspend]