Abit SD7-533 Appendix B. Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor System

Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor System B-1

Appendix B. Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor System

The Winbond hardware monitor system is a self-diagnostic system for PCs. It will protect PC hardware by monitoring several critical items including power supply voltage, CPU and system fan speeds, and CPU and system temperatures. These items are important for the operation of the system; errors may result in permanent damage to the PC. Once any item is out of its normal range, a warning message will pop up and remind the user to take proper measures.

The following description will tell you how to install the Winbond hardware monitor system and use it. Insert the SD series CD into your CD-ROM drive. It should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to the CD location and execute the execution file from the main directory of this CD. After it is executed, you will see the screen below.

Step 1: Click “Utility” button.

Step 3: You will see the install shell wizard extracting files.

Step 2: Click “Windbond Hardware Monitor” button to start install the hardware monitor system utility.

Step 4: Then hardware doctor setup program is preparing the InstallShield® wizard to guide you to the rest of the setup process.

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