Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:27:59 +0300 From: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Detecting CPU throttling on over temperature Message-ID: <4AA6860F.1020203@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1252426982.00160755.1252414203@10.7.7.3> References: <1252426982.00160755.1252414203@10.7.7.3>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > I recently discovered a system where the floppy drive cable was > intermittently fouling the CPU fan - I believe this caused the CPU to > overheat and then get throttled by the BIOS. > > Does anyone know if it is possible to determine if this is the case? ie > is there a way to be informed if throttling has occurred? Theoretically it is possible. I know off-topic tool reporting this. Also you can just monitor CPU temperature, depending on CPU type. -- Alexander Motin
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