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•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! CPU temperature is monitored by the ASUS ASIC through the CPU’s internal thermal diode (on Pentium III, Deschutes Pentium II, and PPGA 370 Celeron in conjunction with the ASUS S370-D or S370-L CPU card, see 7.2 S370 Series CPU Cards) to prevent system overheat and system damage. The temperature reported by the internal thermal diode is the actual processor core temperature as opposed to the less accurate surface temperature.

•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! Today’s operating systems such as Windows 98, Win- dows NT, and OS/2, require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications. The system resource moni- tor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent pos- sible application crashes. Suggestions will give the user information on manag- ing 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 Soft-Off (see ATX Power Switch Lead in 3.8 External Connectors for more information) button. Regardless of the setting, pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will enter the Soft-Off mode.

•Remote Ring On (requires modem)! This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem. With this benefit on-hand, users can access any information from their computers from anywhere in the world!

•Message LED (requires ACPI OS support)! Chassis LEDs now act as infor- mation providers. Through the way a particular LED illuminates, the user can determine the stage the computer is in. A simple glimpse provides useful infor- mation to the user.

•Peripheral Power Up! Keyboard or Mouse power up can be enabled or dis- abled through BIOS setup to allow the computer to be powered ON using your keyboard or mouse.

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