Chapter 1: Introduction
CPU Overheat LED and Control
This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS. This allows the user to defi ne an overheat temperature. When this tem- perature is exceeded, both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered.
System Resource Alert
This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux. Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events. For example, if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insuffi cient hard drive space for saving the data, you can be alerted of the potential problem. You can also confi gure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature goes beyond a
1-5 ACPI Features
ACPI stands for Advanced Confi guration and Power Interface. The ACPI specifi ca- tion defi nes a fl exible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system, including its hardware, operating system and application software. This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as
In addition to enabling operating
Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator
When the CPU goes into a suspend state, the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode. When the user presses any key, the CPU will
Main Switch Override Mechanism
When an ATX power supply is used, the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state. The monitor will be sus- pended and the hard drive will spin down. Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to