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danball1976
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Thermal Throttling option in ABIT NF7 BIOS

I found this one very interesting while looking at the ABIT NF7 manual (web version)
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They also have that option built into the Asus A7N8X-Deluxe bios too. Great idea, IMO.
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Great idea for what?
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Umm, maybe I'm clueless but what does that function do? I've seen it in the bios myself but just left it as default. The manual doesnt really say what purpose it serves.
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Mackanz said
Great idea for what?
Ditto... What is it?
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It throttles back the CPU if it hits a certain temperature so you don't fry your chip.
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So, itīs basically a shutdown-if-the-temps-getting-too-hot feature but it still let the cpu run. Actually a good idea if you have watercoolong, especially with peltiers on 24/7 and you are away from the computer and the pump decides to stop.
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man...i always wondered what the hell that was for...
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they also have that option on the Epoxd 8Rda+, so i think it might be a feature on the Nforce2 chipset.
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Mackanz said
Great idea for what?
It's basically the same idea that Intel had with the P4, implemented at board level instead of being built into the proc itself. It allows your machine to still run at a reduced level of performance instead of a blanket shutdown due to high heat. I'm sure you know of many situations where a reduced level of performance would be much preferable to a blanket hard shut down, which will also happen on nforce2 boards if the temp continues to rise above shutdown threshold.


leishi85 said
they also have that option on the Epoxd 8Rda+, so i think it might be a feature on the Nforce2 chipset.
I don't know about that, but it seems to be a good possibility because I think that this feature is on all the nforce2 boards.
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Pretty cool... Another reason to buy an nForce board.
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Yeah so this doesnt happen.

Anyone see the Toms video of that?P4 didnt melt but the Athlon did.
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