On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Joseph L. Casale <jcas...@activenetwerx.com> wrote: >>I read something in a forum, that said the CPU temperature can go to >>100 C., in a few seconds, but I now wonder if that is true or not. > > Yeah, turn on a machine w/o a heatsink :) In a couple of seconds it will > get so hot that you can't touch it and the internal safety threshold on the > proc will shut it down. I suspect the mobo might have a bios that can control > the fan speed and the hysteresis or whatever technique it uses to control > reaction time. My Asus has this IIRC...
I won't take off the heatsink, but now I have a lot of appreciation for the one Dell put onto the CPU in this box. The Shroud was extremely cool, when touched. :-) _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
