EPoX Thunder Probe acirc;„ cent; acirc;€“ Hardware Monitoring Utility

EPoX Thunder Probe, the latest and enhanced version of the hardwarediagnostic software, is intended to give overclockers or power users auser-friendly and cool-looking GUI through which they are able to monitor andrecord the voltage, temperature and speed of a variety of hardware. EPoX hasalso created an ingenious built-in power-saving regulator within Thunder Probe,called Smart Fan.

Monitoring

Voltage Monitoring
CPU VCore: Shows the core supply voltage of the CPU.
Voltage: Shows various hardware supply voltages the super I/O chip on yourmotherboard captures and records, such as Vdimm, +5V, 3VSB, etc.

Clock Monitoring
Shows the FSB, internal clock, external clock and multiplier, Memory, AGP andPIC-E clock.

Temperature Monitoring
Shows the CPU temperature, the system temperature.

Thermo Stick
Every EPoX high-end motherboard comes with a temperature-detecting tool, calledThermo Stick. Thunder Probe will automatically show the current temperature ofwhere you put the Thermo Stick.

Ghost Monitor
Thunder Probe has a simple, separate semi-transparent label to show thetemperature, workload and voltage of the CPU, letting the user easily andquickly monitor the basic data of the CPU.

Alarming
Thunder Probe also allows you to set the various intervals of the fan rotationspeed, hardware temperature and voltage. The motherboard will sound adistinctive speaker alarm to give you enough time to turn down the system if anyof these values is out of range.

Record
If any thing goes wrong, the alarm mechanism will sound to warn you, but it isdifficult to see what problem has happened with which part. Fortunately, ThunderProbe possesses the ability to record every data being monitored, simply clickone button then a history list will show up to tell you the full story.

What is Smart Fan?
Originally, Smart Fan technology is one of functions built in the BIOS of EPoXmotherboards. It is designed mainly to allow the user to monitor the voltage,clock, and temperature of various hardware on the mainboard and to adjust thefan speed measured in Rotation Per Minute (RPM), accordingly.

What Does EPoX Innovate?
While this technology is kind, it has one disadvantage—whenever you want tocheck out the values mentioned above or change the fan speed, you need to shutdown the computer, restart it then enter into the BIOS menu. This is why EPoXintegrates the Smart Fan into Thunder Probe. With the innovation, the user isallowed to do what he could do with Smart Fan in the BIOS even when he isworking with the computer, giving a practical fan – regulating solution to theuser.

What Can Smart Fan Do For You?
As its name suggests, it helps you regulate the fan speed smartly. The Smart Fandrop-down menu contains all possible ways of controlling the fan speed,including Full Speed, By Temperature, By Duty Cycle, Loading setting from BIOS,etc. to enable the user freely choose his favorite method to optimize the realworking situations.

Full Speed – If enabled, the CPU fan will remain at maximum speed,suitable for overclocking beginners.By Temperature – If enabled, the user can adjust CPU fan speed by settingthree intervals of the CPU temperature and the Duty cycle. By this, the lifecycle of the fan can be prolonged and the power consumption can be minimized.By Duty Cycle – if enabled, the fan speed will be fixed depending on theduty cycle you have chose.

EPoXMainboards Supporting Thunder Probe

Chipset

ModelName

Intel CPU Platform (ATX)

nForce4 SLi IntelEdition

5NVA+SLi

i945P

5LDA+GLi

i925XE

5LWA+

i915P

5EDAI

i915PL

5ELA3I

AMD CPU Platform (ATX)

nForce4 SLi

9NPA+SLi

nForce4

9NPAJ, 9NPA3J/I

nForce4 4X

9NPA7I, 8NPA7I,8NPAJ

nVidia nForce 4 SLi

8NPA3J SLi