On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, James wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 20:36:36 -0800 (PST)
> "David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Tom Brinkman grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 19 March 2002 13:13, David Guntner wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I went to AMD's site, and while I could find a PDF document titled
> > >> "AMD-K6- 2 Processor Data Sheet," the Thermal Design section only says
> > >> that it's supposed to run with a case temprature within a
> > >> certain range. They also don't mention the 550MHz chip.
> > >
> > > Well, maybe you can get the info somewhere, but it should be on
> > > their site. FWIW, my 1.4/266 Tbird is spec'd at 95C, but the 1.4 is
> > > also the hottest cpu AMD makes. Your K6 should be lower, 80C, maybe
> > > 85C is probly a decent guess on the high end, but it could be in the
> > > 70's.
> >
> > At least when I reboot to look at it in the BIOS, it's well below that.
> >
> > I'll keep looking, but if it isn't in the "Themal Design" section of the
> > Processor Data Sheet, I'm kind-of at a loss for where to look... :-)
> >
> > Thanks again for all the information and suggestions.
> >
> > --Dave
>
> Dave when you switched CPU's did you use the same fan? If it isn't moving enough
>air it would cause them both to do the same thing. Having run a lot of k-6's from
>300 - 500 mhz I've found that ideal temp for the "stock" fan is about 50 celcius and
>with a high end fan you can get down to about 42 to 45 (it improves benchmarks ever
>so slightly) under normal load.
>
> James
>
I have a 450MHz K6 cpu in my tower box. I use to leave it
running all the time; however, as time went on it windows
98 crashed constantly. After reinstalling windows several
times, I installed a dual boot Linux. I use Linux almost
exclusively now, because everytime I reinstall Windows it
crashes after a couple of days... to the severity of where
it is easier to reinstall windows, than it is diagnose the
fix the problem.
Anyways, if I leave my computer on constantly, it freezes
after 20 hours or so, even running Linux; however, I can
fix Linux by running fsck.
As a result of all this I turn my computer off each night,
so it usually only runs 16 to 18 hours a day. Doing this
I don't seem to have problems, at least with Linux.
After several years of repairing Minicomputer to the actual
bad logic gate, I have no desired to do that again. So my
question is can any recommend a good reliable fan, without
getting into the engineering specs, that will let me run
trouble free.
Thanks,
John
PS. If it does run trouble free, I promise...I won't go back
to using windows. :-)
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