DFI NB32-SL, NB32-SC manual System Health Monitor Functions, Bios

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3rd and 4th USB ports. These optional USB ports, which are mounted on a card-edge bracket, will be provided as an option. USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

BIOS

•Award BIOS, Windows® 98/2000/ME Plug and Play compatible

•Supports SCSI sequential boot-up

•Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades

•Supports DMI 2.0 function

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

The system board comes with a DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS. The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is designed to make inventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier.

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2.1.2 System Health Monitor Functions

The system board is capable of monitoring the following “system health” conditions.

•Monitors CPU/system temperature and overheat alarm

•Monitors 5VSB/VBAT/3.3V/5V/±12V/CPU voltages and failure alarm

•Monitors the fan speed of the CPU fan, system fan and second fan; and failure alarm

•Automatic system fan and second fan on/off control

•Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan speed

•Opened chassis alarm

If you want a warning message to pop-up or a warning alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs, you must install the “Hardware Doctor” utility. This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board.

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