On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 11:28, Will Merkens wrote: <snip> > > >Right now my bets are on the mem=nopentium switch and on heat problems > >-- I've got a 80mm fan that I'll stick in it when I get a chance, and > >I've already put the nopentium switch into lilo. > > >thanks, > > He is correct, 250W is not enough, the problem can stem from the initial power draw >when a system is first turned on, AMD recomends that power supplys handle a least >180W initial draw from the power supply. most 250 ps only have a 135W max pull on >power up of the computer. This was the case back when the first sloted athlons were >being produced. > > There is a guide from AMD on how to find out all this and it's updated for socketed >athlons. > > see amd site for info or read this article > > http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/26003.pdf > > > I only install 300w ps these days for any athlon system I build for people.
So, I put in the mem=nopentium switch, tried the 80mm fan which turned out to be broken, put in a 50mm fan, and upgraded to a 300W power supply. The machine actually runs a bit hotter now: CPU Fan: 4141 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2) P/S Fan: 4299 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2) SYS Temp: +40.2�C (limit = +80�C, hysteresis = +70�C) CPU Temp: +42.2�C (limit = +60�C, hysteresis = +55�C) but it's been up nearly 8 days without any flakiness yet and I'm starting to get my hopes up for a fix. I also converted my spamassassin setup to use spamd/spamc which takes the average load down from .1 to .05. Thanks, everyone. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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