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X10DRFF/X10DRFF-C Motherboard User’s Manual
1-3 Special Features
Recovery from AC Power Loss
The Basic I/O System (BIOS) provides a setting that determines 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 press the power switch
to turn it back on), or for it to automatically return to the power-on state. See the
Advanced BIOS Setup section for this setting. The default setting is
Last State
.
1-4 System Health Monitoring
This section describes the features of system health monitoring of the motherboard.
This motherboard has an onboard Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that
supports system health monitoring, and will scan the voltages of onboard chipset,
memory, CPU, and battery continuously. Once a voltage becomes unstable, a warn-
ing is given, or an error message is sent to the screen. The user can adjust the
voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor.
Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control
The Baseboard Management controller can check the RPM status of a cooling fan.
The CPU and chassis fans are controlled by BIOS Thermal Management through
the backplane.
Environmental Temperature Control
The BMC sensors monitor temperatures and voltage settings of onboard processors
and the system in real time via the IPMI interface. Whenever the temperature of the
CPU or the system exceeds a user-defined threshold, system/CPU cooling fans will
be turned on to prevent the CPU or the system from overheating.
Note
: To avoid possible system overheating, please be sure to provide
adequate airflow to your system.
System Resource Alert
This feature is available when used with SuperDoctor 5. SuperDoctor 5 is used
to notify the user of certain system events. For example, you can configure
SuperDoctor 5 to provide you with warnings when the system temperature, CPU
temperatures, voltages and fan speeds go beyond a predefined range.