Re: What could be causing a slowdown across the board?

Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> That reading seems excessively high to me. My Power Mac G5's CPUs range
> from 40º C to around 74º C or so max in the summer.
> 
> Are you absolutely sure about that 151º C temperature?? I seriously 
> doubt that's within specifications for the Core 2 Extreme. Let's see...
> Yep - sure enough:
> 
> <http://www.intel.com/design/mobile/datashts/309221.htm>
> 
> From page 24, section "3.4 Catastrophic Thermal Protection":
> 
> "If the external thermal sensor detects a catastrophic processor 
> temperature of 125°C (maximum), or if the THERMTRIP# signal is asserted,
> the VCC supply to the processor must be turned off within 500 ms to 
> prevent permanent silicon damage due to thermal runaway of the 
> processor."
> 
> If that 151º C figure is in fact correct, I'm surprised the poor thing
> is still running.
> 
> Just curious - what's the ambient temperature in the room there with the
> computer??

I think you misread his temp description. He was saying 15 degrees C
ambient not 151 degrees processor temp.


-- 
Adrian