Siemens PANEL PC 877 User Manual

 

Detailed descriptions 

 

17.6 BIOS setup 

SIMATIC Panel PC 877 
Operating instructions, Release 07/2006, A5E00877780-01 

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17.6.7 

Power menu 

 

This menu has the following layout. 
 

 

Figure 17-17  "Power" menu (Example) 

 
The Power menu offers a number of power saver modes for environmentally friendly 

computing: 

 

[Disabled] 

no energy-saving functions 

Power Savings 

[Customized, 

Maximum 

Power 

Savings, 

Maximum 

Performance] 

freely selectable or default values for min./max. energy saving 

functions. You can set the parameters for Standby Time-out 

and Fixed Disk Timeout, or they are set automatically to their 

defaults. 

[Disabled] 

The hard disk is not switched off. 

Hard Disk Timeout 

[6, 8, 10, 15] 

Minutes after the last access the hard disk drive is switched 

off. The next time it is accessed, the hard disk starts spinning 

again after a brief delay.