[gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Philip Webb
Hardware problems come up here occasionally experiences deserve swapping. Gentoo involves much exercise of the CPU, sometimes making it sweat a lot. My AMD 2500+ CPU (installed 2003) has been getting hotter the fan slower. Here in the summer heat of S Ontario, where my workroom is = 25 C , it

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Sean
Philip Webb wrote: Hardware problems come up here occasionally experiences deserve swapping. Gentoo involves much exercise of the CPU, sometimes making it sweat a lot. My AMD 2500+ CPU (installed 2003) has been getting hotter the fan slower. Here in the summer heat of S Ontario, where my

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Janusz Bossy
I have the same kind of problem with my laptop (Athlon mobile 2400+). It's normally working at 43-50 C but after some time it starts reaching 55-60 C without compiling. Once it even shut down after reaching 100 C while compiling. Fortunatelly I blew it's air intakes with oxygen and it is working

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 30 June 2006 12:15, Sean wrote: You want more air being pulled out of your box then going in. So you invented a fan that produces air. Great. Get a patent! Uwe -- Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a German adjective. http://www.SysEx.com.na -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Friday 30 June 2006 13:15, Sean wrote: You want more air being pulled out of your box then going in. Yeah, and when all the air has been pulled out of the box and you've got a vacuum then you'll see the temperature in there rising... ;) -- Bo Andresen pgpjmku9ojU0F.pgp Description: PGP

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Sean
Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: On Friday 30 June 2006 13:15, Sean wrote: You want more air being pulled out of your box then going in. Yeah, and when all the air has been pulled out of the box and you've got a vacuum then you'll see the temperature in there rising... ;) I guess I should have

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Friday 30 June 2006 14:31, Sean wrote: You want more air being pulled out of your box then going in. I guess I should have worded it different to avoid such comments. I'm sorry but such a statement is just plain incorrect no matter how you word it. But my reply was supposed to be

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Sean
Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: On Friday 30 June 2006 14:31, Sean wrote: You want more air being pulled out of your box then going in. I guess I should have worded it different to avoid such comments. I'm sorry but such a statement is just plain incorrect no matter how you word it. But my reply

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Dale
Sean wrote: I recently replaced the fans and heat sinks on my dual opterons to bring the temp down, I was also very much trying to bring the nose level down from the fans. I used 2 copper heat fans with heat pipes from thermaltake, and put some 90 mm fans on each cpu/heatsink. I also put a

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Sean
Dale wrote: with the temp averaging about 46c when idle. When I have done something, perhaps emerge some program, whatever, temp goes to about 50-52c. Well, I have a AMD 2500+ and mine doesn't run near that temp. Just plain old air cooling with folding running and I am at 37 and 27. I have

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 6/30/06, Philip Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hardware problems come up here occasionally experiences deserve swapping. Gentoo involves much exercise of the CPU, sometimes making it sweat a lot. My AMD 2500+ CPU (installed 2003) has been getting hotter the fan slower. Here in the summer

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 6/30/06, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sean wrote: I recently replaced the fans and heat sinks on my dual opterons to bring the temp down, I was also very much trying to bring the nose level down from the fans. I used 2 copper heat fans with heat pipes from thermaltake, and put some 90

Re: [gentoo-user] big problem, small solution

2006-06-30 Thread Dale
Daniel da Veiga wrote: On 6/30/06, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sean wrote: I recently replaced the fans and heat sinks on my dual opterons to bring the temp down, I was also very much trying to bring the nose level down from the fans. I used 2 copper heat fans with heat pipes from