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KINO-9152G4 Mini-ITX Motherboard
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Another chipset connected to the LPC bus provided connectivity to another four serial port
connectors (COM3, COM4, COM5 and COM6).
2.7.3.3 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor
The Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitors three thermal inputs, VBAT
internally, and eight voltage monitor inputs. These hardware parameters are reported in
the BIOS and can be read from the BIOS Hardware Health Configuration menu.
2.7.3.4 Super I/O Fan Speed Controller
The Super I/O fan speed controller enables the system to monitor the speed of the fan.
One of the pins on the fan connector is reserved for fan speed detection and interfaced to
the fan speed controller on the Super I/O. The fan speed is then reported in the BIOS.
2.7.3.5 Super I/O Keyboard/Mouse Controller
The Super I/O keyboard/mouse controller can execute the 8042 instruction set. Some of
the keyboard controller features are listed below:
The 8042 instruction is compatible with a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse
Gate A20 and Keyboard reset output
Supports multiple keyboard power on events
Supports mouse double-click and/or mouse move power on events
2.7.4 Fintek F81216D LPC Serial Port Chipset
The KINO-9152G4 has a Fintek F81216D chipset onboard enables the addition of four
additional UART serial ports (COM3, COM4, COM5 and COM6). UART includes 16-byte
send/receive FIFO. The Fintek serial port chipset is interfaced to the Southbridge chipset
through the LPC bus.