Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:08:34 -0400 | From | "Michael K. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Lid support for ACPI |
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>PS: This seems very strange. What if machine is so crashed so that it >can no longer shutdown properly. Will that mean that its CPU will >damage itself?
No, the ACPI standard requires CPUs to shut themselves down before any damage would occur from overheading. Well, at least the 1.0b version of the standard did; I haven't read 2.0 yet.
michaelkjohnson
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