On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:01:18 -0600 joshua stein <j...@openbsd.org> wrote:
> it would be helpful to have some kind of > watchdog to reset the fan to auto/high if something goes wrong, but > i don't know whether that's even possible. while probably not a big > issue on a laptop, if the fan was on manual/low when the kernel > panicked and left to sit there for many hours, some things could > overheat. Almost all modern processors cut the current back and often switch the system off regardless of any bios/acpi settings. This may cause a bit off stress on components around heat syncs etc, but generally the only problems caused are to data on hard disks due to unexpected shutdowns. The only real thing to worry about, would be it shutting off more often than it should or when you want to run traces after the panic etc..
