Monitoring Voltage

Power supplies convert the AC line power into voltages and currents needed by the motherboard of the computer. The stability of the motherboard (and therefore that of the overall computer) strongly depends on this power converter. Voltages that are too low or too high may lead to unpredictable system crashes. Monitoring the value of the different voltages needed by the motherboard will help in detecting system instability.

Depending on the available information, the Voltage and/or Status parameters will be displayed for each voltage sensor on the motherboard:

•	The Voltage parameter represents the voltage output in milliVolts (mV). An alert is triggered if the voltage goes out of proper range.

•	The Status parameter represents the current status of the voltage. An alert is triggered if the voltage output is too low for proper functioning