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10 ASUS TX97-E User’s Manual

II. FEATURES

(TX97 Series)

II. FEATURES

• 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 95, Win-

dows NT, and OS/2, require much more memory and hard drive space to present

enormous user interfaces and run large applications. The system resource moni-

tor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent pos-

sible application crashes. Suggestions will give the user information on manag-

ing their limited resources more efficiently.

• Virus Write Protection - Normally, viruses can destroy data on storage media

such as hard drivers, floppy diskettes, and MO. Some new-generation viruses

will not only destroy data on storage media, but also clear BIOS data which is

usually unprotected. ASUS TX97 series of motherboards were designed to co-

operate with BIOS, chipset, and flash EPROM to disable write permission when

the system’s initialization stage is completed upon boot-up.

• CPU Slow Down - When CPU fans or system fans are malfunctioning, the

system will deactivate the CPU Clock line to decrease CPU utilization to the

speed upon detection of system overheat. This will prevent CPU damage from

system overheat. The CPU utilization will restore normal operations when tem-

perature falls below a safe level.

• Auto Fan Off - The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep

mode. This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise, and

is a important feature to implement silent PC systems.

• Dual Function Power Button (requires ATX power supply) - The system can

be in one of two states, one is Sleep mode and the other is the Soft-Off mode.

Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into Sleep

mode. When the power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds, it enters the

Soft-Off mode.

• Remote Ring On (requires ATX power supply) - This allows a computer to be

turned on remotely through a modem. With this benefit on-hand, any user can

access vital information from their computer from anywhere in the world!

• Message LED - Chassis LEDs now act as information providers. Through the

way a particular LED illuminates, the user can determine the stage the computer

is in. A simple glimpse provides useful information to the user.

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