Thermal Throttling option in ABIT NF7 BIOS

danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
edited July 2003 in Hardware
I found this one very interesting while looking at the ABIT NF7 manual (web version)

Comments

  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited July 2003
    They also have that option built into the Asus A7N8X-Deluxe bios too. Great idea, IMO.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Great idea for what?
  • paroxymparoxym Toronto, Canada
    edited July 2003
    Umm, maybe I'm clueless but what does that function do? :scratch: I've seen it in the bios myself but just left it as default. The manual doesnt really say what purpose it serves.
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Mackanz said
    Great idea for what?

    Ditto... What is it?
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    It throttles back the CPU if it hits a certain temperature so you don't fry your chip.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    So, it´s 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.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    man...i always wondered what the hell that was for...
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    they also have that option on the Epoxd 8Rda+, so i think it might be a feature on the Nforce2 chipset.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited July 2003
    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.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited July 2003
    Pretty cool... Another reason to buy an nForce board.:thumbsup:
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2003
    Yeah so this doesnt happen.

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