2.FEATURES
2.1.4Intelligence
•Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm! To prevent system overheat and system damage, the CPU, power supply, and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure. All the fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds.
•Temperature Monitoring and Alert! To prevent system overheat and system damage, this motherboard supports Socket 370 processor thermal sensing and
•Voltage Monitoring and Alert! System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable current to critical motherboard components. Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors, so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management.
•System Resources Alert!(Requires the future release of LDCM v6.0) Today’s operating systems such as Windows 98, Windows NT, and OS/2, require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications. The system resource monitor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes. Sugges- tions will give the user information on managing their limited resources more efficiently.
•Dual Function Power Button! Through the BIOS, the power button can be defined as the “Standby” (a.k.a. Suspend or Sleep) button or as the
•Remote Ring On (requires modem)! This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem. With this benefit
•Message LED (requires ACPI OS support)!Message LEDs now act as infor- mation providers. Through the way a particular LED illuminates, the user can determine if a message has been received from a fax/modem. A simple glimpse provides useful information to the user. This function requires ACPI OS and driver support.
•Peripheral Power Up! Keyboard and/or CIR power up can be enabled or dis- abled through BIOS setup to allow the computer to be powered ON using your keyboard and/or Consumer IR device.
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