scott wrote:
> Can this actually happen though, or does the CPU just shut down before 
> it knows it is going to melt?

I once came home to a powered-down Windows machine that had been doing a 
render. When I turned it on, I got a pop-up from Windows saying it had been 
shut down due to temperature problems.  (Poorly-ventilated machine inside a 
cabinet.)

I suspect both the OS and MB monitor the heat.

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