[ale] OT: toasting a CPU

[Thomas Holmquist]

woah 70 is hot... I wont let my pIII-m go over 50 but thats still toasty

Im sure Dell/intel wouldent let there CPU melt... the shutdown kept it 
alive.

but what I want to know is who disabled the fans on default????  seems 
plain reckless....

John Wells wrote:

>I installed a package called i8kutils today to get access to Dell keys on
>my laptop.  I knew it had a fan control utility packaged with it, but
>didn't realize that by installing the package it would disable my fans
>unless I specifically enabled them.  Shoulda RTFM'd a little further.
>
>About an hour after booting, I checked the temp and it was 70 degrees
>celcius.  Pretty damn hot by any CPU's standards.
>
>I've been searching for maximum temps for Intel P4-mobile, but haven't had
>any luck yet.  The system didn't shut down, and once I enabled the fans
>temp dropped down to 39 degrees celcuis.
>
>I'm just wondering if this could have done any damage to the CPU.  I'm
>assuming that, since it's still working fine, I'm safe, but IANAEE.
>
>Anyone out there who knows what effects this might have?
>
>Thanks,
>John
>
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