Supero SUPERO X7SBi-LN4, User Manual

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X7SBi-LN4/X7SBi-LN4-TM User’s Manual
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1-3 Special Features
Recovery from AC Power Loss
BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when
AC power is lost and then restored to the system. You can choose for the system
to remain powered off (in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back
on) or for it to automatically return to a power- on state. See the Power Lost Control
setting in the Advanced section to change this setting. (Default: Last State).
1-4 PC Health Monitoring
This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7SBi-LN4/X7SBi-
LN4-TM. All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC
health monitoring.
Onboard Voltage Monitoring
An onboard voltage monitor will scan the following voltages continuously: CPU
Cores, Memory Voltage, +3.3V,
+ 5V, + 5V Standby, + 12V, − 12V, Memory and Vbatt.
(via SuperO Doctor). Once a voltage becomes unstable, a warning is given or an
error message is sent to the screen. Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to
define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor.
Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control
The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans. The onboard
CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS (under
Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting).
Environmental Temperature Control
The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn
on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user-defined
threshold. The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU. Once it detects
that the CPU temperature is too high, it will automatically turn on the thermal fan
control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU. The onboard chassis thermal
circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas-
sis temperature is too high.
With the Intel ICH9R built in, the X7SBi-LN4/X7SBi-LN4-TM supports I/O
Virtualization Technology (VT-d) that enables multiple operating systems and ap-
plications to run in independent partitions. Each partition uses its own subset of host