Ambient Air Temperature Last modified: Tuesday, September 09, 2008
In computer BIOS settings for some specific BTX Intel desktop boards, Ambient Air Temperature is an advanced hardware monitoring option that displays the temperature near the remote thermal diode on BTX form factor boards. See "BIOS Beep Codes" in the Quick Reference section of Webopedia. Also see "The System Boot Process Explained" in Webopedia's Did You Know...? section.
Intel Desktop Boards BIOS Settings (PDF) The BIOS Setup program can be used to view and change the BIOS settings for the computer. Intel Desktop Boards BIOS Settings Menus (PDF) The presence of menus and BIOS settings are dependent on your board model, hardware components installed, and the BIOS version. BIOS menu titles may differ. Webopedia Did You Know - From AT to BTX: Motherboard Form Factors You've probably heard the term motherboard a thousand times, but do you know what it really means and how it relates to the rest of your computer? What You Need to Know About Motherboards You can think of the motherboard as a communications center. The purpose of the motherboard is to provide the means for all the other components and peripherals to talk to each other.

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