> It's even worse for some of the very new P4's that don't have their
> heatsink seated properly. They heat up every few minutes and then throttle
> themselves due to thermal overload. I think this situation is going to
> become more and more common, now. We're at the mercy of every BIOS and
> micro-code programmer now-a-days. That situation needs to be improved
> upon, as well.
The P4 clock modulation driver was aware of that condition and in fact the
processor would not allow changing the speed in a thermal throttled state
anyway.
Zwane
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