2 System Board

The Input/Output Controller Hub 2 (82801BA)

MaxiLife Architecture The MaxiLife chip continuously monitors temperature and voltage sensors located in critical regions on the system board. This chip receives data about the various system components via a dedicated I2C bus, which is a reliable communications bus to control the integrated circuit boards.

Temperature Sensor

Voltage Sensor

Serial EEPROM

LCD Status Panel

Speed up/slow down

System Fans

I2C bus

HP MaxiLife

Hardware

Monitoring

ASIC

Memory

Memory

AGPset

NOTE

MaxiLife is powered by VSTBY. This means that it is functional as soon as the

 

power cord is plugged in.

 

 

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HP XU700 manual Power cord is plugged