Hardware Management; Hardware Monitoring And Fan Speed Control; Intel ® Precision Cooling Technology; Chassis Intrusion - Intel BOXDP55SB Product Manual

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Hardware Management

The hardware management features of Intel Desktop Board DP55SB enable the board
to be compatible with the Wired for Management (WfM) specification. The board has
several hardware management features including the following:
Fan speed monitoring and control
Thermal and voltage monitoring
Chassis intrusion detection

Hardware Monitoring and Fan Speed Control

The features of the hardware monitoring and fan speed control include:
Monitoring of power supply voltages to detect levels above and below acceptable
values
®
Intel
Precision Cooling Technology fan speed control, delivering acoustically-
optimized thermal management
A thermal sensor in the processor
Thermally monitored closed-loop fan control, for all onboard fans, that can adjust
fan speed
®
Intel
Precision Cooling Technology
Intel Precision Cooling Technology automatically adjusts processor fan speed based on
the processor temperature and adjusts chassis fan speeds based on the internal
system temperature.

Chassis Intrusion

The board supports a chassis security feature that detects if the chassis cover has
been removed. The security feature uses a mechanical switch on the chassis that can
be connected to the chassis intrusion header on the Desktop Board. See Figure 27 for
the location of the chassis intrusion header.
Desktop Board Features
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