Information processing apparatus and control method

A control method for an information processing apparatus including:

• a computer system;
• a temperature sensor that detects a temperature;
• and
• a controller that controls an operation mode of the apparatus based on the temperature,
• wherein the information processing apparatus
• changes an operation mode of the computer system to a thermal protection mode in a case where the operation mode is a standard mode and the temperature exceeds a first reference temperature,
• changes the operation mode of the computer system to a dormant mode in a case where the operation mode is the thermal protection mode and the temperature exceeds a second reference temperature, and
• stops an operation of the apparatus in a case where the operation mode is the dormant mode and the temperature exceeds a third reference temperature,
• the thermal protection mode being an operation mode that consumes less power than the standard mode,
• the dormant mode being an operation mode that consumes less power than the thermal protection mode, and
• a higher temperature being set in the order of the first reference temperature, the second reference temperature, and the third reference temperature.