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what the heck is smbus
what is the system managment bus? for the p4c800 deluxe?
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Hi,
From my memory, it is bunch of shift registers for system maintenance and/or diagnostics purpose. such as BIOS safe guard, etc. In old days big main frame processors used to have them. I think it is same idea on mobo. I could be wrong. Tony Dave wrote: what is the system managment bus? for the p4c800 deluxe? |
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Dave wrote:
what is the system managment bus? for the p4c800 deluxe? More properly known as the I2C bus. I2C is an acronym for Inter-IC bus. The name literally explains it's purpose - to provide a communication link between Integrated Circuits. On mainboards, it's used for jumperless configuration - e.g. the BIOS uses I2C to program the PLL with the configured FSB clock speed during boot. Programs like SoftFSB use it to change configuration on the fly. http://perso.club-internet.fr/mbouget/i2c-faq.html |
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I'm not completely sure but I believe it means; Systems Management BUS.
Used for system sensor queries. Will allow software to query the motherboard for; fan speed, voltages and temperature. Installing a SMbus driver will allow software such as AIDA32 to query the sensor data listed above. Dave Reference: excerpt from Intel SMbus driver RTF Intel (R) SMBus Driver Rev. Draft/Changes Date Pre-Beta Release V3.0.2.0 Initial release of this document 04/17/00 Beta Release V3.0.3.0 Update to Product Information and 05/01/00 Known Issues Gold Release V3.0.4.0 Update to Product Information 05/25/00 Gold Release V3.0.6.0 Update to Product Information 01/30/01 Gold Release V3.0.7.0 Updated driver to correct power 8/17/2001 management bug and updated product information Added Features Adds additional support for ICH3 Mobile. Kit continues to support PIIX4, ICH1, and ICH2 under the following Microsoft Windows* operating systems: Win95*, Win98/SE, WinNT4, and Win2000. Debug install log file created under \win dir\temp Files Included in This Release SMBInst.EXE Disk1\DATA1.CAB SHARED DLLS\I2CW.LIB SHARED DLLS\I2CW.DLL SHARED FILES\README.TXT SHARED FILES\RELNOTES.RTF WIN2000 DRIVERS\SMBUS.SYS WIN2000 DRIVERS\SMBUSP.SYS WIN95 DRIVERS\SMBUS.VXD WIN95 DRIVERS\SMBUSP.VXD WIN98 DRIVERS\SMBUS.VXD WIN98 DRIVERS\SMBUSP.VXD WINNT4 DRIVERS\SMBUS.SYS WINNT4 DRIVERS\SMBUSP.SYS WIN2000 INF\SMBUSP.INF WIN95 INF\SMBUS.INF WIN98 INF\SMBUS.INF DISK1\DATA1.HDR DISK1\DATA2.CAB SMBINS2K.DLL SMBINSNT.DLL SMBINS9X.EXE LICENSE.TXT CORECOMP.INI CTOR.DLL OBJECTPS.DLL IUSER.DLL ISCRIPT.DLL ILOG.DLL DISK1\LAYOUT.BIN DISK1\SETUP.INI DISK1\SETUP.INX DISK1\SETUP.ISS DISK1\IKERNEL.EX_ DISK1\SETUP.EXE Issues Resolved since Intel® SMBus Driver (V3.0.6.0) Fixed handling of power management messages from operating system to ensure the driver does not issue commands to the SMBus when the system is powering down. Testing Suggestions for Intel® SMBus Driver (V3.0.7.0) No testing suggestions exist for this release. |
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nope, i dont have any drivers for it installed, and i get fand
speeds/voltages and all that stuff. now my question is do i need it to overclock anything? "David H. Lipman" wrote in message ... I'm not completely sure but I believe it means; Systems Management BUS. Used for system sensor queries. Will allow software to query the motherboard for; fan speed, voltages and temperature. Installing a SMbus driver will allow software such as AIDA32 to query the sensor data listed above. Dave Reference: excerpt from Intel SMbus driver RTF Intel (R) SMBus Driver Rev. Draft/Changes Date Pre-Beta Release V3.0.2.0 Initial release of this document 04/17/00 Beta Release V3.0.3.0 Update to Product Information and 05/01/00 Known Issues Gold Release V3.0.4.0 Update to Product Information 05/25/00 Gold Release V3.0.6.0 Update to Product Information 01/30/01 Gold Release V3.0.7.0 Updated driver to correct power 8/17/2001 management bug and updated product information Added Features Adds additional support for ICH3 Mobile. Kit continues to support PIIX4, ICH1, and ICH2 under the following Microsoft Windows* operating systems: Win95*, Win98/SE, WinNT4, and Win2000. Debug install log file created under \win dir\temp Files Included in This Release SMBInst.EXE Disk1\DATA1.CAB SHARED DLLS\I2CW.LIB SHARED DLLS\I2CW.DLL SHARED FILES\README.TXT SHARED FILES\RELNOTES.RTF WIN2000 DRIVERS\SMBUS.SYS WIN2000 DRIVERS\SMBUSP.SYS WIN95 DRIVERS\SMBUS.VXD WIN95 DRIVERS\SMBUSP.VXD WIN98 DRIVERS\SMBUS.VXD WIN98 DRIVERS\SMBUSP.VXD WINNT4 DRIVERS\SMBUS.SYS WINNT4 DRIVERS\SMBUSP.SYS WIN2000 INF\SMBUSP.INF WIN95 INF\SMBUS.INF WIN98 INF\SMBUS.INF DISK1\DATA1.HDR DISK1\DATA2.CAB SMBINS2K.DLL SMBINSNT.DLL SMBINS9X.EXE LICENSE.TXT CORECOMP.INI CTOR.DLL OBJECTPS.DLL IUSER.DLL ISCRIPT.DLL ILOG.DLL DISK1\LAYOUT.BIN DISK1\SETUP.INI DISK1\SETUP.INX DISK1\SETUP.ISS DISK1\IKERNEL.EX_ DISK1\SETUP.EXE Issues Resolved since Intel® SMBus Driver (V3.0.6.0) Fixed handling of power management messages from operating system to ensure the driver does not issue commands to the SMBus when the system is powering down. Testing Suggestions for Intel® SMBus Driver (V3.0.7.0) No testing suggestions exist for this release. |
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No.
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SMBUS is System Management BUS
http://www.smbus.org/specs/ On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:28:33 GMT, "Dave" wrote: what is the system managment bus? for the p4c800 deluxe? |
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