On Friday 22 July 2005 07:57 pm, Joseph wrote: > On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 17:24 -0400, Robert Crawford wrote: > > Joseph, > > Sorry- I haven't been reading this thread from the beginning, so I might > > have missed some of your first posts. > > > > If we eliminate heat as the problem (not saying we absolutely have), I'm > > starting to think it could be a misconfigured kernel, or kernel bug > > itself. > > I'm just following handbook AMD64 instruction, so everything boots OK > after installation (if I don't get the kernel panic). > > > What kernel are you you currently using? It might be worth a try > > compiling a new one, making sure all config options are correct for your > > system. > > I'm on gentoo-source 2.6.12-r6 (the newest one) > > > One question (maybe you answered this before): > > Have you booted to a live cd like Knoppix or Slax, and the same problem > > occurs? If it does still happen, that would eliminate your kernel and/or > > hard drive as the source of the problem, and again focus back on the heat > > issue. > > > > If it doesn't happen, after being booted to a live cd for several hours > > of heavy usage, that would eliminate the heat issue. > > It does not happen when I do some light stuff computing, only during > compilation, when I'm emerging something. > > -- > #Joseph
OK- if it doesn't happen during light computing stuff, and only with very cpu intensive stuff like compiling, I feel virtually certain it is a cpu heat issue. IMHO, there's not really any other reasonable explanation. Have you investigated the cpu voltage setting in the bios (if your Asus board has one to adjust it)? It's probably set at default for the cpu, but if it's set too high, that will cause cpu overheating, especially with a borderline heatsink/fan. I'm not sure what the default voltage of your cpu should be- look it up on the net, or it is coded on the cpu numbers, if you have the code. For example, the Athlon 64 3200+ has a default operating voltage of 1.50 volts. This link shows an example of the cpu codes written on the chips, and what the markings mean. http://www.digital-daily.com/cpu/amd-athlon64/ Robert -- [email protected] mailing list
