Asus Z97-WS Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Chapter 4: Software support
Chapter 4
4.6 ASUS Dr. Power Utility
ASUSDr.Powerisamonitoringutilitythatprovidesnoticationswhenthepowersupply
isunabletoprovidesufcientpowertothesystem.Youcanchoosetoallowcontinuous
noticationsorstopmessagesfromappearinguntilthenexttimeyourebootyourcomputer.
Theutilityisusedtomonitorchangesinthepowersuppliedtothesystemthatmayaffect
performanceandsystemstability.
ASUSDr.PowerUtilityrunsonyoursystemonlywhentheDr.Powerswitchisenabled.
(Pleasereferto1.2.6 Onboard buttons and switchesforadditionaldetails).Iftheswitch
isdisabled,theDr.PowericonwillnotbeavailableontheWindows
®
noticationarea.
Installing Dr. Power Utility
ToinstallDr.Poweronyourcomputer:
1. PlacethesupportDVDintheopticaldrive.Thesetupwindowwillbedisplayedif
Autorunisenabledonyoursystem.
2. ClicktheDriverstabandthenclickASUS Dr. Power.
3. Followtheinstructionstocompleteinstallation.
Using Dr. Power
Afteryoucompleteinstallation,ASUSDr.PowerUtilitywillappearontheWindows
®
noticationarea.PlaceyourmousepointerovertheDr.Powericontodisplaycurrentpower
status.
Right-clickontheDr.PowericononthenoticationareaandclickEvent Notificationto
disableorenablemessagesfromtheutility.