Intel ETX CD manual CPU Thermal Control Circuit, Por

10 BIOS Operation

CPU Thermal Control Circuit

Feature

Option

Description

	Disabled
Thermal Control Circuit	TM1	Sets the mode of the Thermal Control Circuit
	TM2
	TM1 and TM2
PROCHOT# Enable	Enabled	This function engages the Thermal Control
	Disabled	Circuit when enabled
DTS Enable	Enabled	Controls the DTS function of the processor
	Disabled
	Disabled
	15 C	This value controls the temperature of the
	23 C
		ACPI active trip point - the point in which
	…
Active Trip Point		the OS will turn on the CPU fan (connector
	55 C
		on PCB). If DTS is enabled only values below
	63 C
		97°C are valid.
	…
	119 C
	Disabled	This value controls the temperature of the
	15 C	ACPI passive cooling trip point - the point in
Passive Cooling Trip Point	23 C	which the OS will start to throttle the CPU,
	…	either by TM1 or TM2. If DTS is enabled only
	119 C	values below 97°C are valid.
	POR
	15 C	This value controls the temperature of the
Critical Trip Point	23 C	ACPI critical trip point - the point in which
	…	the OS will shut down the system.
	119 C	POR means 100°C for all Intel processors.
	127 C

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