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The ASUS 264 Series Card supports a VESA power management control specifica-
tion called DPMS-Display Power Management Signaling. Monitors that comply
with DPMS can provide energy savings up to 80% compared to non DPMS compli-
ant monitors. This also translates into extended monitor life.
DPMS control functions are provided for DOS and Windows operations. This chapter
describes the DOS version, a Terminate-and-Stay-Resident program. TSR means it
runs in the background once activated. The Windows version provides control via a
Windows type control panel in the ATI DeskTop.
NOTES:
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Monitors that do not support VESA DPMS can be damaged by activation of
the DPMS feature. Check your monitor specifications.
•
Do not use screen saver when DPMS is enabled. The screen saver will con-
flict with DPMS operation.
DPMS (for DOS)
When you run DPMS for the first time, without parameters, DPMS will set the
Standby, Suspend, and Off timers to default values. If DPMS has been loaded,
running it again without parameters will display the current timer values, as fol-
lows:
Standby timer:
15 minutes
Suspend timer:
30 minutes
off timer:
60 minutes
If you run DPMS with at least one timer parameter, DPMS will set that value and
disable the unspecified timers.
DPMS parameters are to be included in the command separated by spaces, as fol-
lows:
DPMS parameter <Enter>
Example: To set the Standby timer to 5 minutes, and disable the Suspend and Off
timers: DPMS STBY 5 <Enter>
DPMS Parameters
stby x - Places the monitor into Standby mode after x minutes and seconds. For
example, x for two minutes and ten seconds is specified as 2:10. Standby is the first
level of power conservation. The monitor is instantly ready if activity is detected.
susp x - Places the monitor into Suspend mode after x minutes and seconds. The
monitor conserves more energy at this level than at Standby.
off x - Places the monitor into Off mode after x minutes and seconds. The monitor
is at the highest level of energy conservation.
nomouse - Does not detect mouse activity.
quiet - Suppresses DPMS messages.
unload - Un-installs DPMS from system memory.
help - Displays help messages.
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