Patent ID: 8332074
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A thermal protection method for a computer system comprising a thermal detector, a controller, and an input/output system, the thermal protection method comprising: measuring the temperature of the computer system and generating a temperature value via the thermal detector; comparing the temperature value and a threshold value via the controller; periodically transmitting an over-temperature indication signal to the input/output system via the controller when the temperature value is not lower than the threshold value; executing a temperature-lowering process via the input/output system when receiving the over-temperature indication signal; executing a compulsory thermal protection process via the controller when determining that the temperature-lowering process is unsuccessfully executed; within a first predetermined duration after the controller has received an acknowledgement signal, comparing the temperature value measured by the thermal detector with the threshold value via the controller, wherein the acknowledgement signal is the signal responded by the input/output system while receiving the over-temperature indication signal; and when the first predetermined duration is reached and the temperature value is not lower than the threshold value, determining that the temperature-lowering process is unsuccessfully executed via the controller.