Installation
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3-9 CPU Overheating Protection
This mainboard is equipped with CPU Overheating Protection. It will automati-
cally remove power to shutdown the system when CPU temperature reaches
approximately 110°C. This is to prevent long term damage to the CPU from
overheating. This protection is designed through hardware and no BIOS setup
is required.
To power on your system again,
Step 1
:
Unplug the ATX power cord (or turn off the ATX power supply
switch)
Step 2
:
Wait a few minutes for the CPU to cool.
Step 3
:
Check that the CPU heatsink and cooling fan assembly is properly
installed.
Be careful when touching the heatsink as it may be hot.
Step 4
:
Plug back the ATX power cord (or turn on the ATX power supply
switch) and power -on the system.
If the beeping sound persists, repeat Step 1 to remove the power source.
Note
:
The CPU Overheating Protection will function only if the CPU is
designed with an internal thermal diode. AMD Athlon XP or
later CPUs is equipped with internal thermal diode.
