Hey everyone,

I am not sure this is supposed to be in the expert list, but since it's more hardware 
related I sent it here.

I just got a Tyan Thunder Pro system with two Athlon 2000+ CPUs.
The power supply I was provided was an ATXGES one, and I just trusted the OEM supplier 
to have ensured it was the right one for the board.
Little did I know. As soon as I connected it, I heard a bang, and there you are, 
nothing seemed to work. I went to the store to get a replacement and an explanation, 
and they didn't know what it was until I read on the net that while the Thunder 
version does need an ATXGES, the Thunder Pro is incompatible (although it has the 
ATXGES connector), thus  it should not be powered by an ATXGES. They replaced the 
power supply and handed the rest of the system back to me, as is.

Since this is going to be a production server, I need to know if the hardware got 
damaged... After a memory test (the one supplied on the Mandrake Linux CD), memory 
seems fine. Both CPUs seem to be recognized. POST seemed fine, and I installed the SMP 
kernel and Mandrake Linux and it boots and seems to work.

My first question is: What else can I do to make sure nothing got damaged?

Second, I installed lm_sensors and gkrellm, and I get a 72 degC on the case heat and 
the CPU2, while I get 76-77 degC on the CPU1.

Do you have any such results from the Tyan Thunder boards, and could you tell me if 
it's normal? I find it awefully high, and I opened the case, and it seems to me more 
like 30 degC in the case... Why is CPU1 so much higher than CPU2? is it a 
configuration thing of lm_sensors (I ran sensors-detect of course), i.e. just an error 
reading, or is it that one of the CPUs or the motherboard is busted... How could I 
test them?

Thanks a lot for any advice on the matter,

gikoreno

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