Super I/O Hardware Monitor; Super I/O Fan Speed Controller; Super I/O Floppy Disk Controller; Super I/O Parallel Port - IEI Technology PCIE-9450 User Manual

2.8.3.3 Super I/O Hardware Monitor

The Super I/O Hardware Monitor monitors three thermal inputs, VBAT internally, and eight
voltage monitor inputs. The Super I/O Hardware Monitor supports the SmartFan® control
system, including the "Thermal Cruise™" and "Speed Cruise™" functions. These
hardware parameters are reported in the BIOS and can be read from the BIOS Hardware
Health Configuration menu.

2.8.3.4 Super I/O Fan Speed Controller

The Super I/O fan speed controller enables the system to monitor the speed of the fan.
One of the pins on the fan connector is reserved for fan speed detection and interfaced to
the fan speed controller on the Super I/O. The fan speed is then reported in the BIOS.

2.8.3.5 Super I/O Floppy Disk Controller

The Super I/O floppy disk controller (FDC) supports the following 3-mode floppy disk
drives (FDD).
360KB
720KB
1.2MB
1.44MB
2.88MB
The FDC also supports automatic write protection through software.

2.8.3.6 Super I/O Parallel Port

The Super I/O parallel port (LPT) supports standard mode, enhanced mode and
high-speed mode parallel port devices. The LPT is compliant with the following LPT
modes.
Standard mode
o
Bi-directional SPP compliant
Enhanced mode
o
EPP v1.7 compliant
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