1-3 Pc Health Monitoring; 1-4 Power Confi Guration Settings - Supero PDSMA User Manual

PDSMA User's Manual

1-3 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the PDSMA. The
motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC
health monitoring.
Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores, Chipset Voltage,
Memory Voltage , +3.3V, +3.3V Standby, +5V, +5V Standby, +12V,
and −12V (via SuperO Doctor III)
The onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously. Once a voltage
becomes unstable, it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen.
The user can adjust the voltage thresholds to defi ne the sensitivity of the voltage
monitor.
Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Speed Control
The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans. The onboard
fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS.
CPU Overheat/Fan Fail LED and Control
This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning option
in the BIOS. This allows the user to defi ne an overheat temperature. When this
temperature reaches the threshold, the CPU thermal trip feature will be activated,
and it will send a signal to the Speaker LED and, at the same time, the CPU speed
will decrease. It will also activate the alarm if a fan failure occurs.
1-4 Power Confi guration Settings
This section describes the features of Power Confi guration and Power Management
of your motherboard.
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 the suspend mode. When the user presses any key, the
CPU will "wake-up" and the LED will automatically stop blinking and is turned on.
BIOS Support for USB Keyboard
If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system, it will function like a normal
keyboard during system boot-up.
Main Switch Override Mechanism
When an ATX power supply is used, the power button can function as a system
suspend button. When the user presses the power button, the system will enter
a SoftOff state. The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down.
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