Asus A7A266-E - Manual (Page 66)

ASUS A7A266-E 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 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. 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 Reduce ON]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
This feature 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. NOTE:
This field is effective for DOS, Windows 9x, and Windows NT 4.0 envi-
ronments. Configuration options: [Disabled] [1~2 Min] [2~3 Min]...[1
Hour]
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]