Re: [SLE] AMD running too hot
Well, that's a known fact that the fastest Athlon CPUs tend to run hot - I heared that the 1400 MHz is yet worse in this respect. The other thing is, that Linux uses more HW resources, that's why performance is better than with Windoze, but it also means that you are more likely to run into problems when HW is 'nok' (or just sophisticated). I had a lot of trouble with my RAM. So, once more a general warning: do not buy the latest stuff! I know what I'm talking about since 6.2 wasn't running at all on my Athlon 500 when it was new .... Hopefully you can fix this setting up our fans ... Cheers ... Wolfi _______________________________________________________________________ 1.000.000 DM gewinnen - kostenlos tippen - http://millionenklick.web.de IhrName@web.de, 8MB Speicher, Verschluesselung - http://freemail.web.de
The other thing is, that Linux uses more HW resources, that's why performance is better than with Windoze,
I wouldn't say that Linux was more HW intensive. If anything Windows is more hardware intensive. I remember that to install Win2K on my old BP6/Dual Celeron system I had to increase the core voltage of the processors by about .1V, but Linux quite happily installed and ran on a low voltage setting. Check that APM/ACPI is compiled into the kernel and that the processor goes into idle mode when CPU_IDLE calls and NOPs are passed to it. That reduces the strain on the processor and hence the temperature (not to mention a small saving in power). Win2K does this automagically on most systems, which may explain why you're noticing a difference in temperature. You might also like to check out Powertweak, which in theory can lower the clock speed of your processor when it's not needed so much, helping to cool it. Are you running something like SETI or Distributed.net or something else processor intensive in the background? This tends to drive the operating temperatures through the roof. You should also get a better cooler if you're using the standard AMD coolers. They're kind of underpowered and a bit noisy. Invest in a slot fan to suck out, and a frontal case fan to suck in. I can't remember the "safe" temperatures for the AMD to work in. They used to be able to run at about 80C before nasty things happened - but please don't take my word for it: I would never allow my CPU to run that hot. --jaa ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, James Arthur wrote:
... You might also like to check out Powertweak, which in theory can lower the clock speed of your processor when it's not needed so much, helping to cool it.
Not yet. We only support the PowerNOW! of the older AMD CPUs (K6-2+ & K6-3+), we just got the info for the mobile Athlon PowerNOW!, so that'll be coming at some point soon hopefully. (As soon as I find a box to test it on). But this wouldn't help in the situation of the original poster anyhow, as the PowerNOW! stuff is only in the mobile Athlon 4's. regards, Dave. -- | Dave Jones. http://www.suse.de/~davej | SuSE Labs
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