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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
Chapter 3
3.7 Monitor menu
The Monitor menu displays the system temperature/power status, and allows you to change
the fan settings.
Q-Fan Configuration
Qfan Tuning
Click this item to automatically detect the lowest speed and configure the minimum
duty cycle for each fan.
CPU Q-Fan Control [Auto]
[Auto] Detect the type of CPU fan installed and automatically switches the
mode control.
[PWM Mode] Enable the CPU Q-Fan control feature in PWM mode for 4-pin
CPU fan.
[DC Mode] Enable the CPU Q-Fan control feature in DC mode for 3-pin CPU
fan.
[Disabled] Disable the Q-Fan control.
CPU Fan Step Up [0 sec]
This item allows you to set the value of the CPU fan step up.
Configuration options: [0 sec] [2.1 sec] [2.8 sec] [3.6 sec] [4.5 sec] [5.0 sec] [6.3 sec]
[8.5 sec] [12 sec] [25 sec]
CPU Fan Step Down [0 sec]
This item allows you to set the value of the CPU fan step down.
Configuration options: [0 sec] [2.1 sec] [2.8 sec] [3.6 sec] [4.5 sec] [5.0 sec] [6.3 sec]
[8.5 sec] [12 sec] [25 sec]
CPU Fan Speed Lower Limit [200 RPM]
This item allows you to set the low limit warning for CPU Fan speed.
Configuration options: [Ignore] [200 RPM] [300 RPM] [400 RPM] [500 RPM] [600 RPM]