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To: fyodor_ who wrote (39199)	5/12/2001 12:33:58 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 275872

" but then the PIII never really needed it" But neither did Socket7, I was just trying to respond to Herb's lament. He still doesn't appear to get it, though. It's like the phrase "common sense". In my experience, there is nothing common about sense. Our boy Herb is a perfect example...

To: fyodor_ who wrote (39199)	5/12/2001 1:32:47 PM
From: John Evans	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

P4 System Manual: 12.14.1. Catastrophic Shutdown Detector The P6 family processors introduced a thermal diode that acts as a catastrophic shutdown detector. When the processor’s core temperature reaches a factory preset level, the thermal diode trips and processor execution is halted until after the next reset cycle. This mechanism provides catastrophic over-temperature protection for the processor. This catastrophic shutdown detector is also implemented in the Pentium 4 processor, and it is always enabled to protect the processor.