Asus P4T-E - Manual (Page 11)

ASUS P4T-E User’s Manual 11
• Auto CPU Throttling Function: Incorporated into this motherboard is a new
technology to enable Pentium 4 processors auto throttling function. When auto
throttling is enabled, the CPU with throttle down to 50% of its duty cycle when
the CPU temperature reaches the threshold and return to 100% of its duty cycle
when temperature lowers to normal level. This function ensures the best perfor-
mance and reliability.
• Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm: To prevent system overheat and system
damage, the CPU, MAIN, and PCI fans are monitored for speed and failure. All
the fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds.
• Temperature Monitoring and Alert: To prevent system overheat and system
damage, this motherboard supports processor thermal sensing and auto-protection.
• Voltage Monitoring and Alert: System voltage levels are monitored to ensure
stable current to critical motherboard components. Voltage specifications are
more critical for future processors, so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper
system configuration and management.
• System Resources Alert: Today’s operating systems, such as Windows 98/
Millenium, and Windows NT/2000, require much more memory and hard drive
space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications. The on-
board hardware ASUS ASIC in conjunction with either the bundled ASUS PC
Probe or Intel LDCM will warn the user before the system resources are used up
to prevent possible application crashes. Suggestions will give the user informa-
tion on managing their limited resources more efficiently.
• Dual Function Power Button: Through BIOS, the power button can be defined
as the “Stand by” (ie.: Suspend or Sleep) button or as the Soft-Off (see ATX
Power / Soft-Off Switch Lead in 3.8 Connectors for more information) button.
Regardless of the setting, pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will
enter the Soft-Off mode.
• Peripheral Power Up: Keyboard or Mouse power up can be enabled or dis-
abled through BIOS setup to allow the computer to be powered ON using your
keyboard or mouse click.
• New Compliancy: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meet
the stringent requirements for PC 99 certification. The new PC 99 requirements
for systems and components are based on the following high-level goals: sup-
port for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring
and managing all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation
procedures for Windows 95/NT and later. Color-coded connectors and descrip-
tive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99.
2. FEATURES
2. FEA
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Performance