Hardware Monitor Function; Bios - Acer Aspire AM5610 Service Manual

Hardware Monitor Function

Item
Feature

BIOS

Item
BIOS code
programmer
Version
Feature
Note: The BIOS can be overwritten/upgraded by using the flash utility.
Chapter 1
Description
• Smart fan control system, Thermal Cruise and Speed Cruise support
• Six VID input pins for CPU Vcore identification
• Two thermal inputs from optionally remote thermistors or 2N3904 transistors
or Pentium 4 thermal diode output
• Four external voltage detect inputs
• Three intrinsic voltage monitoring (typical for Vbat, +5VSB, +5CC)
• Two fan speed monitoring inputs
• Two fan speed control (DC analog output)
• WATCHDOG comparison of all monitored items
• Overheat indication output
• Issue SMI#, IRQ, OVT# to activate system protection
Description
Phoenix Award
Phoenix BIOS 6.00 PC
• ROM type: flash ROM
• ROM size: 4MB
• Protocol supported: PCIX 1.0, PCI 2.2, APM 1.2, VESA/DPMS (VBE/PM
V1.1), SMBIOS 2.3, E-IDE 1.1, ACPI 1.0b, ESCD 1.03, PnP 1.0a, Bootable
CD-ROM 1.0
• Boot from CD-ROM feature: yes
• LS-120 FDD drive support: yes
• BIOS boot block feature: yes
• Supports Microsoft SLP 2.0 for Windows Vista
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