On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 07:30, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 01:22, Jack Coates wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 12:11, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > You'll like this Lyvim... > > > > I've known for a while that my everything server cum router cum wife's > > workstation was overheating, but it's only been a major problem (e.g. > > interrupting task at hand) when she wants to play quake2. Last week I > > added a 95mm fan with a resistor on it, but didn't really look at the > > CPU because I have to pull the power supply to see it. > > > > So tonight we were playing some quake2 with a friend over the Internet, > > when her machine locked up a littler earlier than it normally would. No > > big deal, it started to reboot as usual, but then kernel panicked. So I > > gave it the three-finger salute, went to the BIOS CPU health page, and > > saw it ticking over from 98C to 100C -- yes friends, 212 degrees > > Fahrenheit or the boiling point of water :-) > > > > Needless to say I cracked it open and found that the CPU heatsink was > > blocked with cat hair and the cheap white thermal compound had burned > > away. In fact, that yellow pad on the bottom of my heat sink had also > > burned away. I scraped it all off and found a tube of Artic Silver II, > > took out the fan resistor and hooked a third fan up. I now have the 95mm > > in the front sucking in with no resistor (loud mofo) and two tiny > > fellers hooked to one of those auto-speed pyramid thingies -- one on the > > back of the case and one on the video card. That seems to be doing the > > job so far, and I plan to get that big fan onto the auto-speed thingie > > or a resistor because it is way loud. > > > Wow. You are right...that is unbelievable. What was that TV show that > was on one time? "Now THAT's INCREDIBLE!" > > Enjoyable story. I'm glad you didn't fry the silicon. It may be a loud > mofo right now....but you're one LUCKY mofo. ;) > > Keep up the good karma aura, whatever you are doing right... > > LX > > P.S. Send some this way while your'e at it... > > :)
Well, since the rest of my life is being very challenging maybe the gods decided I needed a break on the computer :-) Besides, as long as it doesn't take the mobo or ram with it, a new CPU is only $25 -- I've spent a lot more than that on fans. Also the BIOS sensor seems to give a number about 10C higher than lm_sensors, FWIW. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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