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Hardware Doctor Utility
This chapter introduces Hardware Doctor Utility that comes with the CPU
board in conjunction with the onboard hardware monitoring IC. The
sections in the following pages describe the functions of the utility.
Hardware Doctor is a self-diagnostic system for PC and must be used with
Winbond’s W83781D IC series products.
It will protect PC Hardware by monitoring several critical items including
Power Supply Voltage, CPU Fan speed, and CPU & System temperature.
These items are important to the operation of system; errors may result in
permanent hurt of PC. Once any item is out of its normal range, an obvious
warning message will pop up and remind user to make a proper treatment.
Note: Hareware Doctor currently supports English and Chinese under
Windows 95,98 and Windows NT.
When Hareware Doctor is initiated, the icon below appears in the task bar in
the Windows environment.
The following screen appears upon clicking on the Hardware Doctor icon.