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BIOS Setup Information
System Thermal
Set this option to
Monitor
for CPU thermal monitoring and speed down control.
The system will automatically supervise the CPU temperature. If the CPU surface
temperature reaches the trip point set in the Hardware Monitor Setup, the
thermal detection will be effective and the CPU will run in the throttle control
mode. The overall system performance will be reduced to half. This option is a
trade-off between system performance and stability and is configurable by the
user. The default setting is
Ignore
. You can choose
Monitor
setting to enable this
thermal function.
Thermal Slow Clock Ratio
This option specifies the speed at which the system clock runs in the thermal trip
point. The settings are expressed as duty cycle of the STPCLK# signal. This duty
cycle indicates the percentage of time the STPCLK# signal is asserted while in the
over heat mode.
CPU Critical Temperature
Set this option to monitor the CPU thermal trip point defined by the user. If the
System Thermal option in CMOS setup is set to the
Monitor
state and the CPU
surface temperature is above this critical temperature, the system will
automatically enter slow down mode.
Power Button Function
This feature is only available on systems with an ATX power control interface. If
you use a standard AT power supply, this option will be ignored. If you set it to
on
/
off
,
you can easily power on/off the system by pressing the power button
(toggle switch). However, if the
Suspend
setting is chosen, the system will be
forced into suspend mode when the user turns it off, unless the power button is
continuously pressed for more than 4 seconds to initiate soft off
mode.
Ring Resume From Soft Off
This item wakes up the system from remote ringing control under a soft off
condition. If you choose the
Disabled
setting, the system will not be resumed by a
modem ring.
