Will I bypass overheating protection if Windows 8 is not loaded with an i3?

[electronian]

Hi.
I just bought a Gateway NV56T389u laptop for my great-niece. It's got a users manual that has a section: "Conditioning a new battery pack", where it just says to completely charge/then completely discharge the battery pack 3 times to condition it.

Anyway, I'm charging it for the first time, now.

What I was thinking about doing, was, after charging it, was to check it's (6GB) RAM with Memtest86+. It has the i3-2348M processor.

Will operating the laptop without windows 8 running, prevent automatic overheating shutdown from occurring? Just wondering if that was a windows feature, or where that feature was implemented into.

 

[Pinhedd]

Thermal protection mechanisms are native to the hardware components themselves. The operating system doesn't even know or care that they exist

 

[electronian]

Thank you--your answer is very much appreciated...I canl very happily take a nap, while MemTest86+ is running!