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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marion H. Shimoda, Aloha, OR (US);
Kelan C. Silvester, Portland, OR (US);
Gunjeet Baweja, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 ;
Abstract
A system for controlling the temperature inside a computer system housing involves determining whether a predetermined temperature set point has been exceeded. If the temperature set point has been exceeded, corrective action is attempted without adversely affecting the performance of the computer system. This may be accomplished by determining whether there are unused devices which are consuming power. If so, these devices may be transitioned to a lower power consumption state which may correspond to a lower heat generation state as well.