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Symptom(s):
- Average temperature
- Celsius
- Fahrenheit
- Heat
- Maximum operating temperature
- Maximum temperature
- Operating temperature
- Recommended temperature
- Temperature specification
- Thermal Dissipation
Solution:
Thermal information is specific to each processor family, and often varies between processors within the same family (depending on processor stepping). There is no average temperature; there are too many variables that affect the operation of the processor and the system. The processor should operate at peak performance while the maximum case and chassis temperatures remain below the recommended limits. (Case temperature is the processor temperature reported by the thermal diode within the processor).
To determine the recommended processor temperature limit, each processor should be researched individually using the Processor Spec Finder.
Additionally, detailed thermal specifications are provided in the data sheet for each product family:
Intel® Pentium® 4 processor - http://developer.intel.com/design/Pentium4/documentation.htm#datasheets
Intel® Xeon® processor - http://developer.intel.com/products/server/processors/
Intel® Pentium® III Xeon® processor -
http://support.intel.com/design/archives/processors/PentiumIII/xeon/index.htm#datasheets
Intel® Pentium® III processor - http://developer.intel.com/design/archives/processors/pentiumiii/index.htm#datasheets
Intel® Celeron® processor - http://support.intel.com/support/processors/celeron/index.htm
Intel® Pentium® II processor - http://developer.intel.com/design/pentiumII/documentation.htm#datasheets
Intel® Pentium® processor with MMX™ technology - http://developer.intel.com/design/archives/processors/mmx/index.htm#Datasheets
Intel® Pentium® Pro processor - http://developer.intel.com/design/archives/processors/pro/
Intel® Pentium® processor - http://developer.intel.com/design/archives/processors/pentium/index.htm
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