On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 00:05:16 -0500 Lourens replied to root: [large snip] " AMD actually suggests phase-change thermal patches like those that come " with most Athlon-approved coolers. Replacements for these are " available " from Chromerics as once the processor melts the pad (approximately 60 " degrees is required) then it needs replacement if you remove the " heatsink. I've built many Athlon systems that run these with no " problems " whatsoever. Incidentally, AMD will void your warranty on your " processor " if they get it back stained with the white (silicone base) cpu " compound. [end large snip] Cheers, Thanks. *** Live your life by your dreams, not by the limits of reality... *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional Registered Linux User Lourens Steenkamp Republic of South Africa _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Hi , Comming in late on this thread. Is there a script that will show cpu temperature.. from bios ? Regards Matt Lourens Steenkamp wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 00:05:16 -0500 Lourens replied to root:
[large snip] " AMD actually suggests phase-change thermal patches like those that come " with most Athlon-approved coolers. Replacements for these are " available " from Chromerics as once the processor melts the pad (approximately 60 " degrees is required) then it needs replacement if you remove the " heatsink. I've built many Athlon systems that run these with no " problems " whatsoever. Incidentally, AMD will void your warranty on your " processor " if they get it back stained with the white (silicone base) cpu " compound. [end large snip]
Cheers, Thanks.
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Matt wrote:
Comming in late on this thread.
Is there a script that will show cpu temperature.. from bios ?
Yes, have a look at the "sensors" packages. There are graphical frontends like "ksysguard" or "gkrellm" that can display these values nicely. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.
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