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Originally Posted by fengli
I'm using an AMD cpu that may have self-protection when the CPU is running at 100% high?
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Thermal throttling has been a feature of both AMD and Intel CPUs since the mid-2000's if I am remembering correctly (Intel introduced thermal throttling a few years earlier). When I ran into the issue was a few years before that running an AMD Athlon CPU purchased in early 2000. There were a few videos of CPUs catching fire when the heatsink was removed.
Thermal throttling is not about the CPU usage but rather the temperature. High CPU usage tends to increase the temperature but removing the heat sink, having a fan failure or any other issue with the cooling system is a much faster way to reaching the temperature at which throttling will kick in. One friend of mine who owns several cats found cat hairs do a great job of causing ventilation issues.