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1-3 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER

P4SC8/P4SCi. The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor

chip that supports PC health monitoring.

Eight Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core, +3.3V,

+3.3V standby, +5V, +5V standby, Vbat and ±12V

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

voltage becomes unstable, Supermicro's Monitoring Software: SuperO Doc-

tor will give a warning or send an error message to the screen.

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware/Software On/Off Control

The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans. The

onboard 3-pin fans are controlled by the power management functions.

Environmental Temperature Control

The P4SC8/P4SCi has a CPU "thermal trip" feature. A thermal control sensor

monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will send a signal to shut

down the system whenever the CPU temperature passes a certain thresh-

old to protect the CPU from overheating.

CPU Overheat LED and Control

This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning

feature in the BIOS. This allows the user to define an overheat temperature.

When the CPU temperature passes this threshold, the CPU thermal trip fea-

ture will be activated to shut down the system.

Hardware BIOS Virus Protection

The system BIOS is protected by hardware so that no virus can infect the

BIOS area. The user can only change the BIOS content through the flash

utility provided by Supermicro. This feature can prevent viruses from infect-

ing the BIOS area and destroying valuable data.

Auto-Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core

The 4-phase-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to

60A current, and auto-sense voltage IDs ranging from 1.1V to 1.85V. This

will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus, make the system more stable.

1-4 Power Configuration Settings

This section describes features of your motherboard that deal with power

and power settings.

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