Jake Anderson wrote:
> Celeries and the like just warm up a little then freeze up no cooking.
> overall intel is much better from a thermal stand point. AMD (last i
> checked) dont have thermal diodes on the CPU them selves and rely on the
> motherboad manufacturees to put a diode on the MBO under the CPU then use
> the bios to shutdown in the event of thermal overload.
>

My understanding is that the Athlon XP series DOES have on board
diode(s). I know the several systems I've built have no floating
sensor under the CPU, yet very quickly display a temperature rise/fall
if you jam the CPU fan with your finger. Since I have had too many
CPU/MB's fans fail, I always make a point of confirming that the
'fail safe' DOES fail safe, while still under 'brand new' warranty.

Robert

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