Listmates, Thought I would post a small follow up on the earlier cpu and thermal paste application post. Brief background, upgraded an old secretarial pc with AMD 1800+ to AMD 2400+ for use as a kids box. The cpu cooler designed for the 1800+ only controlled the 2400+ under a light load. The mprime torture test would cause a thermal shutdown within 2 minutes. Using cron and lm-sensors I set about cooling the old box until it would perform in a rock solid manner and I learned a few things on the way. The output data with annotations is at: http://www.3111skyline.com:8084/snsrs_amd1800 The bottom line is simply vacuuming out your box with a shop vac to remove all the dust bunnies, etc, can drop your idle temps by 2 degrees C. Choosing the right $9.00 cpu cooler will provide good temperature control under the worst conditions. Adding a $9.00 120mm case fan blowing ambient air in on top of the cpu cooler can drop your idle temps to rock bottom and drop your full load, torture temps by another 8-10 degrees C. Just thought I would pass on the results of the non-official cooling test in case anybody is dealing with a hot box. The shop vac is the cheapest cooling improvement everyone's box could probably benefit from. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org