On Tuesday, 15 Aug, Andrew MacNamara wrote: > > Should I try to resolder the heat sensor attachment back on, or just run > it always at high speed? If I put it back on, I'll have to tape it down in > the airflow path -- it was just lying loose before. I guess I'll just run > it always at high RPM, but I think I'll check the voltages from the power > supply first...
Just for comparison, in my AlphaStation 255 the heat sensor is attached to the heatsink rather than just being in the airflow path... By the way, I always hated the noise and eventually came up with a kernel patch to cool down the CPU during the idle loop (ftp://genie.ucd.ie/pub/alpha/patches-2.2.x/wtint-2.2.12.diff). The patch relies on SRM palcode and appropriate hardware support such as a clock frequency divider (either on-chip or off-chip). I don't know if XL is adequately equipped. Nikita
