On: Writing a Bootloader

[d33]

I'd say yes. Especially if you mess with ACPI and, say, turn off the fans...

[colejohnson66 → d33]

Modern processors just thermal throttle to the extreme if the heat can’t be dissipated, no?

[exikyut → colejohnson66]

Experience with an incorrectly heatsunk laptop GPU has demonstrated to me that the BIOS will yank power to the system if it hits 100°C.

Yeah.

Well, in all honesty I'm not sure if it was Linux, the BIOS, or some low-level thermal monitoring circuitry, but yeah, I one minute I was messing around with WebGL and the next minute I got confused about whether I'd forgotten the power cable. (Then I realized I hadn't heard any beeping (this was a ThinkPad and I didn't have the beeper muted) and realized it had overheated.)

[perbu → colejohnson66]

They will shut down the whole computer.