Help With Start Up Error

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About every second or third time I start my computer in the morning I get an
error message during boot up. The message reads: Hardware Monitor found an
Error. Enter Power Setup menu for details. When I enter the Bios setup and
look at the Power Tab, I don't see anything set wrong. I exit out of the
Bios setup and continue with the bootup process and the computer usually
starts Windows. Can someone tell me if I need to change anything in my
current Power settings. Thanks, Mac PS: Sorry for the long post.

BIOS - POWER TAB



Power Management Max Savings

Video OFF Option Suspend - > Off

Video OFF Method DMS Off

HDD Power Down Disabled

ACPI Suspend to RAM Disabled

Suspend Mode 1 ~ 2 Min (*This is
ghosted out)

PWR Button < 4 Sec Soft Off



SUB-MENU FOR POWER UP CONTROL



AC Power Loss Restart Previous State

Wake/Power Up on EXT. Modem Disabled

Power Up on PCI Card Disabled

Wake On Lan Disabled

Power On By PS/2 Keyboard Disabled

Automatic Power Up Disabled





SUB MENU FOR HARDWARE MONITOR



Q-Fan Function Disabled

MB Temp 25 C / 77 F

CPU Temp 33 C / 91 F

Power Temp N/A (*This is ghosted
out)

CPU Fan Speed 2445 RPM

Chasses Fan Speed 2228 RPM

Power Fan Speed Disabled (*See note #1)

VCore Voltage 1.52v

3.3v Voltage 3.26.v

..5v Voltage 4.99v

12v Voltage 11.8v



*Note #1: The Power Fan Speed has always started out slow (in the red) and
would take about a minute to get up into the "normal" RPM range. Once it
warmed up it would stay in the normal RPM range until I turned the computer
off. I "Disabled" this monitor thinking that this was what was causing the
bootup error message but Disabling this monitor did not help the problem.
The Power Temp monitor has always been Ghosted Out. Doesn't matter if Power
Fan Speed monitor is on or disabled.