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Introduction
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USB Ports
The system board is equipped with 2 USB ports. USB allows data
exchange between your computer and a wide range of
simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.
BIOS
• Award BIOS, Windows
®
95/98/2000 Plug and Play compatible
• Supports SCSI sequential boot-up
• Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades (4Mbit)
• Includes Symbios Logic SCSI BIOS
• Supports DMI 2.0 function
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
The system board comes with a DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS. The
DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information
about your system configuration and stores these information in the
DMI pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play
BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is
designed to make inventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of
computer systems easier. Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using
the DMI utility.
1.1.2 System Health Monitor Functions
The system board is capable of monitoring the following “system
health” conditions.
• Monitors CPU/system temperature and overheat alarm
• Monitors 5VSB/VBAT/1.5V/3.3V/5V/±12V/CPU voltages and
failure alarm
• Monitors the fan speed of the CPU, chassis and second fans;
and failure alarm
• Automatic CPU and chassis fans on/off control
• Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan
speed
• Supports Intel
®
processor thermal diode output (real processor
temperature)
Refer to the “PC Health Status” section in chapter 3 for more
information.
