>
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 06:04:01PM -0600, Shane & Amy Sanford wrote:
> >That is the kind of program you need to find for Linux
> >though.
>
> I'm running lmsensors, but it appears like the values it reports are
> somewhat off...
I've noted that various motherboards seem to require custom calibration of
temp readings at least. fan speeds seem accurate enough.
>
> Anyhow, if the system is overheating, I'd suspect it wouldn't go from 70
> to 25 degrees in a couple of seconds?
>
The CPU core easily could shoot up in seconds. The motherboard, nah, that
would take longer. Easy test, reach in there, and touch the edge of the CPU
package. is it too hot to touch for more than an instant? then its too hot.
prime95 *definately* heats up CPUs in a hurry. My p3-800E goes from a comfortable
85F or so when idle to 115F in seconds when I run Prime95. It takes longer
to cool back down. Oh, 115F is about 46C. 85F is ~ 30C. The CPU temp should
be fine as long as its under like 70C (although cooler is obvioulsy preferable,
50C is perfectly reasonable.
-jrp
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