User Guide
Notebook PC User Manual
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Thermal Power Control
There are three power control methods for controlling the Notebook
PC’s thermal state. These power control cannot be congured by
the user and should be known in case the Notebook PC should
enter these states. The following temperatures represent the chassis
temperature (not CPU).
• ThefanturnsONforactivecoolingwhenthetemperaturereaches
the safe upper limit.
• TheCPUdecreasesspeedforpassivecoolingwhenthetemperature
exceeds the safe upper limit.
• Thesystemshutdownforcriticalcoolingwhentemperatureex-
ceeds the maximum safe upper limit.