On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:07:32 +0200 Hello Guy from Lourens: I too am running this mobo with v1006 BIOS. I am having problems with accurate sensor info in Linux but need to work on it again. My temperature appears to be around 58C (idle) with ambient temp of 25C and summer is coming!! 1.2GHz T-Bird with a Cooler Master EP5-6I11 cooler (trying to get something decent though, Third World countries ...). I have enough chassis fans to make me nervous about leaving the machine unattended, it might take off. Covers? I build my own machines and the covers are packed away, never use them. Bye. " Hello everyone " " I've posted some messages to this list a while ago about my Asus " A7V133A motherboard running too hot with Linux. " Thanks to all of you who tried to help me! " " I think I found the problem. The BIOS fails to initialize a " register in my CPU to make it accept HLT instructions. With " Win9x, that doesn't matter, because it doesn't generate those " instructions anyway. " If you use programs like CPUIDLE, they set the register " correctly, and you don't see the problem. " " I don't know if it only affects my board (production error), or " that the problems is much wider... " But I've tested with an Elite motherboard, same CPU, it runs at " 34°C idle, compared to 55°C on the Asus. " " This could be a major problem for all Linux users owning such a " board. " " Is anyone here running the same board? I would like to gather " some information to solve the problem. I've posted this to Asus " support also. " " Kind regards " " Guy Van Sanden " " -- " To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com " For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com " " Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the " archives at http://lists.suse.com *** If you find a solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem. *** 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