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Article #162Re: Utility to obtain CPU temperature
From: kony
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:52
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:52
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:18:11 +0000, Tony Houghton <h@realh.co.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:00:48 -0500 >kony <spam@spam.com> wrote: > >> Athlons did not fry themselves without some overt system >> builder mistake like not putting a heatsink on, choosing >> some $3 'sink for a 50W chip so the fan failed, etc. >> Granted it would've been nice if they had a thermal trip >> feature at that point, but it really wasn't that big of a >> deal, who really wants to have to depend on a system >> shutting off instead of never doing so by building it right >> in the first place? > >Even if fans did fail, short of the heatsink faling right off, did they >really fry or just crash? I think they tended to accidentally save >themselves by drawing less power while crashed. Yes they'd crash if overly hot but perpetually overheating due to failed fan damages the chip still. What happens if a system crashes? It gets turned off or reset and tried again to the extent it will eventually be cool enough to run then overheat and crash and the cycle continues.
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