I forgot to mention, that it's mainly mobile CPU's that have this feature
of throttling. On desktops, they just "hang" on purpose so you can restart
the computer.
But nowadays it's tied in with the BIOS and the sensor chips on the
board. But none the less, there is still a safety shutoff feature on the
CPU's.
At 09:54 AM 2/3/00 +0800, you wrote:
>Its true for most Intel parts. Its probably true for other makes of
>processor too.
>If they get too hot, they slow themselves down. I think this started with the
>mobile parts, but they all seem to have this feature now. I don't know if
>there
>are any registers where you might detect that this has happened.
"Unix is simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity." -
Dennis Ritchie
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