On Friday, 13 October 2006 06:56, Mathew Brown wrote:
> Thanks. But is 80C safe for a CPU? As I mentioned, 70C is considered
> dangerous for an Opteron chip. What type of temperatures can the
> Turions and the C2D support?
I think HP would force the fan at lower temperatures if 80C were considered
as dangerous ....
Greetings,
Rafael
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:53:39 +0100, "Matthew Garrett"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 09:41:15PM -0700, Mathew Brown wrote:
> > > Thanks Matthew. Just out of curiosity, how did you find out about this
> > > feature (forcing the fan at 80C)? Also, is this specific to HP or do
> > > other vendors also support this? Finally, is 80C safe for the CPU
> > > (Intel or AMD?)? I read that Opteron chips could be damaged if their
> > > temperature reaches 70C. Thanks for your help.
> >
> > A certain amount of reverse engineering of HP hardware while I was
> > trying to diagnose some fan problems before. The fan control chip that
> > HP use is pretty standard, so I think there are docs around somewhere.
> >
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