PDSMi User’s Manual 1-3 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the PDSMi. 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, + 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. Users 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 function 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 will be decreased. It will also activate the alarm if a fan failure occurs.
and it will send a signal to the Speaker LED and, at the same time, the CPU speed 1-4 Power Confi guration Settings This section describes features of your motherboard that deal with power and power settings. 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 suspend mode. When the user presses any key, the CPU will wake-up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on. BIOS Support for USB Keyboard If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system, the keyboard 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. 1-10