Hi. Keep in mind that the overheating may have already damaged some parts, so, potentially, no amount of cooling may solve the lockups.
Also, CPU temperature is not the only measure you should be looking at. It is perfectly possible for the hard drive, graphics card, or motherboard components to lock up. Also, what the BIOS reports as the temp may not be completely accurate, even misleading. You have a fan blowing on them? That will only disperse a minimal amount of heat from the surface of the computer. Did you build these computers yourself? You probably need a higher-powered fan or more fans inside the box and make sure the box is sealed up reasonably tightly. The inside of the box should effectively become one or more wind tunnels. What you need to do now is isolate the failing component. If you have extra components laying around, swap out one piece of hardware at a time (start with the graphics card) with something known to be functioning. A electronics thermometer can be cheaply bought at Radio Shack- such as a sensor which attaches to a multimeter. Put the sensor in a place where it isn't being directly blown on by a fan. Make sure you can clearly identify intake and blow-out areas of the computer and remove any obstructions to them. Good luck! M On Nov 19, 2005, at 8:46 AM, Scott Granneman wrote: > well, i moved 'em apart, like we talked about at the last meeting, & i > have a fan blowing on them. the sides are cool as cucumber, but the > one in the middle is still locking up. the one of the left appears to > be ok. > > i had top running in one window, & in another I was outputting the > temperature of the cpu. > > at 4:06 am last night, the middle machine locked. you can see the > windows, but you can't use anything, and if i try to do so, x will > lock completely. > > the temperature at 4:06: 51 degress C. it started on the machine when > i rebooted in the low 40s, & climbed steadily. it was 48 degrees for a > looooong time. > > so, is that temperature really bad? is it fact the heat? what's > YOUR cpu temp? > > here's how to tell: > > cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature > > (it may not work on all machines) > > scott > -- > R. Scott Granneman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com > Full list of publications: http://www.granneman.com/publications > Read the Open Source Blog: http://opensource.weblogsinc.com > Join GranneNotes! Information at www.granneman.com > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- AgentM [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
