temprature guage

[Derek Trotter]

Don't processors have something like this built in?  I had a computer 
once where the fan died and I didn't know until the computer just 
stopped like it would if the lights went out.

On 08/23/2013 06:25 AM, Shawn Badger wrote:
> Yes, most laptops have a temperature sensor that will shut them down 
> if they get to hot, but they will allow you to turn it back on once it 
> cools down again. I have never seen one the is permanently shutdown 
> because of that  unless you got it hot enough to melt the circuits inside.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     you know the the overtemp gauge that won't allow a laptop to start
>     if  it is tripped? am I wrong in my discovery that it can be
>     tripped even while the computer is off?
>     :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
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