On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 00:15, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 15:55, Vox wrote:
> > > The stock fan that comes with the Athlon is not the best deal in the > > > world. The real deal is a Vantec Areoflow VA4-C7040. That's a > > > fantastic piece of engineering, and it doesn't cost an arm and a > > > leg. > > > > I use a Volcano 6, IIRC (I didn't build this thing, a friend did...I > > don't open computers...HW sucks :) And I think it's doing a very > > good job, considering the fact that the room I'm in is at 42C at the > > moment :) > > > > > > > To see what is happening, download Prime95 (mprime2212.tar.gz) from > > > > > > http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm > > > > I'll check that out, thanks for the suggestion...as I said, HW is > > not my stuff...one of my other geek friends deals with my HW, I deal > > with his SW :) > > > > Thanks for the bunch of tips...I'll do the SW side checks and I'll > > pass the HW stuff to my friend...thanks bunches :) > > > > Vox You're welcome. Prime95 is an overclocker's tool. It will help when you are attempting to get the CPU to maximum load. I have found here by experimentation that it is very hard for me to max the CPU out to the highest temp by just doing different tasks in X, no matter it seems what I do. There's no escape from the Prime95 torture test, tho. ;) > > 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.) > > James > I considered the Volcano 7 and the Volcano 9 in the following URL while doing research on HSF's, before I purchased one, and although their results were impressive the reason I went with the Areoflow was because it beat those two, plus the majority of the others, both in thermal resistance and noise rating. http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030113/cooler5-39.html#hot_or_cold_thermal_resistance_is_decisive ________________________________________________________________________ Note that the Volcano 7 and 9 are newer models than what Vox presently has. If the lm_sensors is picking up his temp from the mobo sensors, then there may be as much as a 10 - 20C difference between the actual core temp and what's being detected. That means that a 90C processor failure temp could be reached long before the mobo sensors get anywhere near 90C. His ambient temperature is already high, cause of no air conditioning. So, without an HSF upgrade, the open case and fan are a good suggestion. --LX -- ����������������������������������������������� Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ������������������������������������������������
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