On Saturday 19 May 2001 03:27 pm, Eric George wrote:
> Thanks for the links.
> I ran burnp6, burnmmx & burnbx for several hours each with no
> problems. CPU temp never went above about 52.5 celsius. Room temp
> was about 23 C and the idle temp was about 45 C. The case temp
> actually read a little less then room temp, probably just calibration
> issues.
>
> I downloaded memtest86 also, but it won't build for me. I get an
> error that as86 is not found, but I haven't looked into it yet.
> Thanks again
> Eric
If that's directly from the internal diode it's too hot, if it's
from a probe it's WAY too hot. 50C (45 is better) should be max peak
from the internal diode. Also if room is 23, idle temps should be in
the 25 to 30C range. I've got a p3-450 oc'd to 600, with a dual fan
(2x26cfm) Alpha heatsink on it. Idles at ~28C, cpuburn can't get it
over 43C (internal diode). If your case temps are good, you need to
improve your heatsink, and it should be firmly and squarely sitting on
the die with a thin film of thermal grease (scrape off the thermal
pad!). If your L2 cache chips aren't on the die, but on the cpu's pcb,
they should also be in contact with the heatsink (metal shim may be
needed) and greased.
I just d/l'd memtest86-2.5.tar.gz and ran 'make' which built the
binaries, then 'make install' which copied them to a bootable floppy on
an 8.0 system (?). Mprime also works, the tarball contains a prebuilt
binary. Run it with './mprime -m' and choose either '16' for the
self test, or '17' for the torture test. BUT, I believe you need to
fix your cpu overheating first. Could be as simple as getting rid of
dust bunnies ;) ..... and I suspect you've found the cause of your
random lockups and reboots.
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
> Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > On Friday 18 May 2001 08:07 am, Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote:
> > > I'd hate to append to a "me too" series; but just to say that
> > > Mandrake 8 for me, is ROCK SOLID. No problems.. (Hardware:
> > > Thinkpad A20m)
> > >
> > > -turgut
> >
> > Me 3, 8.0's solid, no problems. For those that are having some
> > problems I have some suggestions. Lockups and spontaneous reboots
> > usually indicate marginal hardware and/or configuration in bios.
> > Heat is usually the number one culprit. Try taking of the case
> > cover and pointing a table fan into the box. If problems stop, or
> > subside, you need to improve heatsink-fan and/or overall case
> > cooling. Case temps should always be at or near room temp.
> >
> > Any decent system should be able to run 'cpuburn', at least for
> > an hour or so. If not, you've got marginal hardware. I recommend
> > you use lm_sensors to monitor the cpu temp while cpuburn is running
> > (Mboard needs to support this). For Intel cpu's you can monitor
> > the proccessor's internal diode, should stay under 50C. For AMD,
> > the temp is from a thermistor (probe), and no matter how well
> > placed, you should add a minimum of 10C to the reported number.
> > AMD docs say 10 to 20C. Probe temp should stay under 55C (actual
> > core temp is 65+). If you go over these temps, abort cpuburn.
> > http://users.ev1.net/~redelm/
> >
> > Decent hardware should also be able to run 'memtest86' for hours
> > on end and report -0- errors, with or without L2 cache enabled.
> > http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/
> >
> > Another check is the torture test with 'mprime', again with -0-
> > errors.
> > ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/mprime.tar.gz
> >
> > For those with VIA chipsets, one often advised cure for hardware
> > problems is to try decreasing the FSB a little (if your Mboard
> > supports it). eg, reduce 100mhz to 95, or 133 to 126. IOW's,
> > underclock it a little.
> > --
> > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
