Supero X7DCT-3, User 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 BIOS Setup section to change this setting. The
default setting is Last State .
1-4 PC Health Monitoring
This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DCT-L/X7DCT-
LF/X7DCT-3/X7DCT-3F/X7DCT-3IBXF. All have an onboard System Hardware
Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring.
Voltage Monitoring
An onboard voltage monitor will scan the CPU Core, Memory, +3.3V, +5V, +12V,
+3.3V Standby and VBAT voltages continuously. Once a voltage becomes unstable,
a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen.
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-defi ned
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.