Way over my head, here.
Trying to learn.
So, here's your opportunity to
show off your expertise!
Installing a new board - 2nd time,
but this one is way more complicated
than the last one which was a number
of years ago.
The instructions show how to enable or disable
the SMBus 2.0 via jumpers, default is disabled.
From what I've found on it, enabling it will allow
a device to tell the board or board system about
itself? Is that a basically correct interpretation?
Next, would it not be good if that were enabled?
How does one tell whether a device is set up for
that or not? Or is there such a thing as being
set up or not being set up for that?
Also talks about the option of connecting an
"SMBus Management Device" - pray tell, just
what IS that? Any what's the benefit?
Appreciate you sharing your wisdom!
Trying to learn.
So, here's your opportunity to
show off your expertise!
Installing a new board - 2nd time,
but this one is way more complicated
than the last one which was a number
of years ago.
The instructions show how to enable or disable
the SMBus 2.0 via jumpers, default is disabled.
From what I've found on it, enabling it will allow
a device to tell the board or board system about
itself? Is that a basically correct interpretation?
Next, would it not be good if that were enabled?
How does one tell whether a device is set up for
that or not? Or is there such a thing as being
set up or not being set up for that?
Also talks about the option of connecting an
"SMBus Management Device" - pray tell, just
what IS that? Any what's the benefit?
Appreciate you sharing your wisdom!