Supero SUPER P6DGE, User'S And Bios Manual

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SUPER P6DGS/P6DGE/P6DGU/P6SGU
Manual
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1-2 Chipset Overview
The 440GX chipset, developed by Intel, is the ultimate processor platform
targeted for 3D graphics and multimedia applications. Along with System-
to-PCI bridge integrated with optimized DRAM controller and data path, the
chipset introduces the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) interface. AGP is
a high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D applica-
tions and is based on a set of performance enhancements to PCI. The I/O
subsystem portion of the 440GX platform is based on the PIIX4E, a highly
integrated version of Intel's PCI-to-ISA bridge family.
The PCI/AGP and system bus interface controller (82443GX) supports up to
two Pentium II processors. It provides an optimized 72-bit DRAM interface
(64-bit data plus ECC). This interface supports 3.3V DRAM technologies.
The controller provides the interface to a PCI bus operating at 33 MHz. This
interface implementation is compliant with the PCI Rev 2.1 Specification.
The AGP interface is based on the AGP Specification Rev 1.0. It can
support up to 133 MHz (532 MB/s) data transfer rates.
1-3 PC Health Monitoring
This section describes the PC health monitoring features of SUPER P6DGS,
P6DGE, P6DGU and P6SGU. They have an on-board System Hardware
Monitor chip which can support PC health monitoring.
Seven On-Board Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core(s), CPU I/
O, +3.3V,
±±
5V, and
±±
12V
The on-board voltage monitor will scan the seven monitored voltages con-
tinuously. Once a voltage becomes unstable, it will report a warning or an
error message on the screen. Users can adjust the threshold of the moni-
tored voltage to determine the sensitivity of the voltage monitor.
Three-Fan Status Monitors with Firmware/Software Control
On/Off
The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans. The
on-board 3-pin CPU fan is controlled by the ACPI BIOS and the ACPI enabled
operating system. The thermal fans are controlled by the overheat detec-
tion logic.