Cpu Thermal Protection - AOpen AX6L User Manual

Overview
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CPU Thermal Protection

thermistor
hw monitor IC
This mainboard implements special thermal protection circuits. When
temperature is higher than a predefined value, there will be warning through
application software such as HWMON2 (Small Icon for Hardware Monitoring)
to notify user. It is automatically implemented by BIOS and HWMON2, no
hardware installation is needed.
For OEM customer who needs more accurate temperature, AX6L reserves an
option to use special CPU heatsink with thermal sensor on it. The CPU thermal
sensor should be connected to CN3.
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