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From Tom's Hardware:

"There's no change in the maximum temperature, which is still 85 degrees Celsius. The sample processor does reveal some special aspects, however: for all of the CPUs with the Thoroughbred B core (from Athlon XP 2400+ up to XP 2800+), the thermal diode doesn't work. This means that when there's a cooler defect, the motherboard will not be able to protect the CPU. A correct measurement of the die temperature is not possible."

I hadn't noticed this before, but if true, then AMD has abandoned one of the most fundamental of thermal protection schemes for their CPU. Given that these run hotter than previous models due to higher frequencies, additional thermal potection should definitely have been implemented. I am surprised that AMD is letting this happen.

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