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X7DAL-E+ User's Manual

1-3 Special Features

Recovery from AC Power Loss

The feature allows the user to set the power state after a power outage. You can

select Power-Off for the system power to remain off after a power loss. Select

Power-On for the system power to be turned on after a power loss. Select Last

State to allow the system to resume its last state before the power loss. The default

setting is Last State.

1-4 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DAL-E+. All have

an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring.

Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores, Chipset Voltage,

+1.8V, +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, +3.3V Standby, +5V Standby and

VBAT.

An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously. Once a voltage

becomes unstable, a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen.

Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to deﬁ ne the sensitivity of the voltage

monitor.

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 pre-deﬁ ned

threshold. The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU. Once it de-

tects 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 chassis temperature is too high. (Note: This function is not available for the

Quad-Core Processors.)

System Resource Alert

This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS en-

vironment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux. Supero Doctor is used to notify

the user of certain system events. For example, you can also conﬁ gure Supero

Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature, CPU tempera-

tures, voltages and fan speeds exceed a pre-deﬁ ned range.