On September 1993 plus 3599 days Robert Crawford wrote: > On Friday 11 July 2003 12:35 am, Vox wrote: >> On September 1993 plus 3599 days James Sparenberg wrote: >> > Vox, >> > Last ditch if you get worried. open the side and put a small desk fan >> > right on it. From the hardware standpoint. make sure cables (like >> > ribbon cables) are clear of the fan. Also you might consider case fans >> > in addition to the volcano fan. (I love volcano myself.) >> >> I'm not really worried about the temp...having read the docs from >> AMD, I won't worry till it hits 65C, which it has never done :) And >> yes, I like the volcano...has worked well for me...and I do have a >> case fan at the front and a small fan on the mboard itself...I've >> been thinking about getting a second case fan for the back, but am >> too damn lazy to go find one :) >> >> Vox > > It's been my experience with numerous AMD cpus that anything over 45c. is > likely to start causing random misc. problems. I always start feeling > apprehensive when my temps go above 40c. Why AMD states up to 90c. is beyond > me. The one time I got above 50c. the system became unusable- random lockups, > shut-down problems, various hanging with programs, etc. Better cooling fixed > everything instantly, so it was obviously caused by high temps.
If a box starts locking up on me, the first thing I do is point a big f'ing fan at it and call my friend to get him over to start messing with bigger fans inside...but this box goes months without reboots (22 days currently...last reboot due to an errant move when cleaning up behind the TV...killed the switch that feeds the wall sockets for the whole room <sigh>) and I haven't experienced any problems. I *do* get the point of being careful with the temp...thing is...as long as it stays constant and I have no problems with the box, I see no real reason to worry...my case is big (mid tower with 6 open bays), with good airflow inside and behind, and so on...so I don't really worry much :) Vox, who still hates HW -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature
