Fan Monitoring; Cpu Thermal Protection - AOpen AX3L User Manual

Overview
voltage. It is automatically implemented by BIOS and Hardware Monitoring
Utility (the file name is like aohw100.exe, where 100 means the version
number), no hardware installation is needed.

1.5 Fan Monitoring

There are three fan connectors, two is for CPU, the other can be connected to
a housing fan. The fan monitoring function is implemented by connecting fan
to 3-pin fan connector CPUFAN1 or FAN and installing Hardware Monitoring
Utility.

1.6 CPU Thermal Protection

This mainboard implements special thermal protection circuits. When
temperature is higher than a predefined value, there will be warning through
application software such as Hardware Monitoring Utility to notify user. It is
automatically implemented by BIOS and Hardware Monitoring Utility, no extra
hardware installation is needed.
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Note: You need 3-pin fan that supports SENSE signal
for fan monitoring function to work properly.