User manual AOPEN MX36CE

[. . . ] MX36CE Online Manual MX36CE DOC. NO. : MX36CE-OL-E0210A 1 MX36CE W h a t 's i n t h i s m a n u a l Online Manual MX36CE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What's in this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 You Must Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If you see this little logo shown beside your model name on the BIOS download page, http://english. aopen. com. tw/tech/download/skin, it is assured that your motherboard supports this innovative feature! 55 MX36CE The noise is gone!!---- SilentTek Online Manual As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing higher and higher, it inevitably brings higher heat and system temperature in a relative way. The way we deal with this heat problem, however, is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system, expecting these fans could cool down our machine as much as they could. But at the same time, we believe that same users are affected terribly by the irritating noises of these fans while working with their PC. As a matter of fact, we do not have to get our fans running at such a high speed in most cases; on the contrary, we discovered that having your fans running at appropriate time and speed not only reduces the noise, but also consumes the least power the system needs, so as to prevent over-wasting of energy resource. Today, AOpen is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to make your system quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit and the utility under Windows, SilentTek combined "Hardware-Status Monitoring", "Overheat Warning" and "Fan Speed Control" with user-friendly interfaces to provide you a perfect balance among noises, system performance and stability. 56 MX36CE The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page. You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level. Online Manual In "Temp/Fan/Case" page, you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. Also, you can check if fans are running properly. You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here. Of course, you may set your defaulted lowest margin for your fans and SilentTek would also pop up a message box to alarm you when the fan is rotating slower than this specified speed. You may set the highest margin of your CPU and system temperature as default, and SilentTek would pop up a message box to alert you with alarm when the temperature goes beyond the specified margin. 57 MX36CE have got the options inside in this page. 1. Online Manual Smart FAN Control: This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer housing. With a special algorithm developed by AOpen, the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of CPU and ambient temperature. Ease-of-use and trouble free at your service. Fixed FAN Control: Under this setting, a desired fan speed is set fixed when operating. Multiple Level Control: This is the most versatile setting that allows you to set fan speed in relation to temperature. You may find that this setting fits you best. AOpen Recommend Setting: This setting is designed specifically for AOpen housing. A series of lab tests were conducted under the real world scenario to determine optimum fan speed to reduce noise level within CPU working condition and temperature. Most of the time, the fan would remain still when CPU is not fully utilized. Note: Due to hundreds different brands of fan on the market, inaccuracy may happen in some cases when you had your rotation speed adjusted. It is still under the criterion and please rest assured that it won't cause any problem to your system. The following page is surely the most important part of this utility. You may control the rotation speed of specific fans that you CD-ROM Rotation Speed Control: by enabling the CD-ROM Rotation Speed Control, you can adjust the rotation speed of your CD-ROM. When you set the speed to high level, the CD-ROM will work at its fastest speed and it will run at basic required speed while you set the value to low speed. [. . . ] For example: Part No. Serial No. Part No. P/N: 91. 88110. 201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number. 100 MX36CE Mo d e l n a m e a n d B I O S v e r s i o n Online Manual Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MX36CE R1. 00 Nov. 01. 2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1. 0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. MX36CE is model name of motherboard, R1. 00 is BIOS version. 101 MX36CE Online Manual Produ c t R egis tration Thank you for choosing AOpen product. AOpen encourages you to spend few minutes in completing the following product registration. [. . . ]