Patent ID: 8368547

Claim:
A method for indicating temperature of a first component communicatively coupled to an information handling system, comprising: sensing a surface temperature of a portion of the first component; comparing the surface temperature to a first threshold temperature, wherein the first threshold temperature is the temperature at which a human hand would be physically harmed by contact with the first component; comparing the surface temperature to a second threshold temperature, wherein the second threshold temperature is approximately ten to fifteen degrees Celsius below the first threshold temperature; if the surface temperature is below the first threshold temperature, displaying a first temperature warning by a first temperature indicator coupled to the first component; if the surface temperature is above the first threshold temperature, displaying a second temperature warning by the first temperature indicator; if the surface temperature is below the second threshold temperature, displaying a third temperature warning by a second temperature indicator coupled to the first component; if the surface temperature is above the second threshold temperature, displaying a fourth temperature warning by the second temperature indicator.