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Re:Writing a Bootloader by colejohnson66 on Friday October 20, 2017 @05:12AM (#15514476)
Modern processors just thermal throttle to the extreme if the heat can’t be dissipated, no?
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Re:Writing a Bootloader by exikyut on Saturday October 21, 2017 @08:14AM (#15521622)
Experience with an incorrectly heatsunk laptop GPU has demonstrated to me that the BIOS will yank power to the system if it hits 100°C.

Yeah.

Well, in all honesty I'm not sure if it was Linux, the BIOS, or some low-level thermal monitoring circuitry, but yeah, I one minute I was messing around with WebGL and the next minute I got confused about whether I'd forgotten the power cable. (Then I realized I hadn't heard any beeping (this was a ThinkPad and I didn't have the beeper muted) and realized it had overheated.)

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Re:Writing a Bootloader by perbu on Friday October 20, 2017 @05:14AM (#15514484)
They will shut down the whole computer.
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