In a message dated 8/5/02 9:23:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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> The only machine we've ever had do that was our original Series 33, and it
> only said "Overtemperature" on the console.
>
>

I wasn't aware that S/33s had a temperature sensor.  I know that the little
S/37s do.  The PA-RISC machines SHOULD have them but I don't recall ever
knowing this one way or another.  It's a good thing to build into the
hardware along with the OS smarts to read the temperature sensor and do
something if the reading is too high (or too low?).

FYI: Flaky temperature sensors can cause flaky readings resulting in LOTS of
false console messages.  When we had this in the past I think that a thorough
cleaning out of dust inside the CPU enclosure cured this.  It wasn't the CPU
chip/board that was too hot, just a dust covered sensor.

Wayne Boyer

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