Hardware Installation
FOC(Fan-OffControl)
ThenewlydesignedSOYO“FOC”isbasedontheconceptoftotalprotectionforCPU,whichisverydifferentfrom currentlyseenonthemarket.TheH/Wcontrolfunctionisusedtoseeapassivesecuritysystemofmonitoringandwarning.
“FOC”includesthefollowingfunctions:
(1)SimultaneousSignalFollowUps:BeforethesystementerstheO/S,H/WwilldetectthesignalsoftheCPUfanpins,get theirrevolutioninformationandsendittotheBIOS.
(2)AutoPowerOffSystem:IftheBIOSgetstheinformationofCPUfanrevolution,itgoesonworkingnormally.Ifnot,itwill informthesystemandhavethepowersupplydisconnectedimmediately.Thus,theCPUisprotectedfrom overheating.
1.CPUfanwithsensorpinsmustbeused.
2.CPUfansapprovedbyAMDarestronglyrecommended.
3.The“HOTKEY”functionisprovidedfortheCPUfanswithoutsensorpins,toavoidthepoweroff.Usersmaypressthe “Insert”keytojumpoverthe“PowerOff”mode;gototheBIOSanddisable“FOC”.Nowsystemcanbebooted normally.
4.ThepowerconnectoroftheCPUfanmustbeconnectedtothespecified“CPUFanConnector”onthemotherboardto securethenormalfunctioningofthesystem.
WeprovidethefollowingUser-Friendlyprotectionfeatures:
2.CPUSocketSticker:UserswillfindastickerontheCPUsocket,whichremindsthemofthecorrectusageofthe K7CPU.
Furthermore,westronglyrecommendouruserstoenablethefunctionofH/WmonitoringintheBIOS.Thisfunction, togetherwiththeFOC,providethetotalprotectiontotheCPUandallowittomaximizeitsperformance.
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