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by Scooter
Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:02 pm
Forum: Intel Motherboard Forum
Topic: NVIDIA 680i SLI and LT Motherboards Don't Have S.M.A.R.T.
Replies: 14
Views: 8678

Re: NVIDIA 680i SLI and LT Motherboards Don't Have S.M.A.R.T.

A quick lesson... S.M.A.R.T. is a passive hard drive feature. That is, once it is enabled, the hard drive collects information, in the background, about any problems that are encountered by the drive. There are plenty of problems (single-bit ECC errors, etc.) that the drive will recover from automat...
by Scooter
Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:27 pm
Forum: Cases, Power Supplies, and Cooling
Topic: Intel D975XBX2 and Intel Quiet System Technology / Fans
Replies: 2
Views: 4459

Re: Intel D975XBX2 and Intel Quiet System Technology / Fans

If you go to the intel support web page for this board, there is a link to download a tool called Intel Desktop Control Center. With this tool, you can adjust the speed of the fans manually, but this isn't the safest of things to do. A better idea is to use this tool to adjust the temperature range ...