Winmate IH7T-RK2U, User Manual

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USER MANUAL CHAPTER 4 AMI BIOS SETUP
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4.4 Watchdog Timer
4.4.1 Watchdog Timer Introduction
Watchdog timer is an electronic timer that is used to detect and recover computer
from malfunctioning. When the computer is under normal operation, the watchdog
timer regularly resets and prevents the watchdog timer from timing out. If there is
an issue with the computer, the watchdog timer will eventually timeout, and send
out signal to initiate shutdown or reboot procedure, recovering the computer from
system failure. Watchdog timer operates independently from the computer,
making the failsafe mechanism more reliable.
IMPORTANT:
1.
If the watchdog behavior is rebooting, please set the “Restore
AC Power Loss” option to “on”.
2. To normal shutdown, please turn off the watchdog function to
avoid automatically boot situations.
4.4.1 How to Enable Watchdog Timer
To enable Watchdog, you need to download Winmate Watchdog utility. Find
more information on Watchdog in “Watchdog Guide” that you can download from
Winmate Download Center or File Share. Refer to the User Manual for more
details.
To enable watchdog in Watchdog AP follow the instructions below:
1. On the right bottom side of the desktop screen, click triangle button to
show hidden icons.
2. Click icon to open Watchdog utility.