On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Thomas Ribbrock (Design/DEG) wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 03:05:23PM -0600, Bill Carlson wrote:
>
> > Arista RS-100C
> >
> > Motherboard: ENDAT 586CL
> > CPU: AMD K6-2 333MHz, 66 MHz bus
> > RAM: 128MB, single DIMM, 66 Mhz
> > HD: Fujitsu 6.4 GB
> [...]
> > SOLVED:
> >
> > As always, the freeze problem is hardware related: The simple answer is
> > the CPU was overheating!
> [...]
>
> Errm - either the K6-2/333 gets a lot hotter than a 300, or you're doing
> something strange to that poor thing - are you sure you got the core
> voltages right? I'm asking because I have a K6-2/300 on an ASUS P55T2P4
> (75MHz bus) with a bog standard heatsink with fan and even under hefty
> load (kernel compile under X plus second compile in parallel...), it
> doesn't get more than maybe handwarm...
>
I've checked and double checked the jumpers and voltage settings. I am in
touch with the vendor of the system (Arista), they mentioned they had
heard rumors that this particular motherboard runs hot. It doesn't help
that this is a 1U rackmount system, the only heatsink that will fit is the
same garden variety one would expect to find on an old Pentium 166.
I'm sure the serial number sticker and lack of grease on the CPU doesn't
help much...:)
If anyone is interested in a 1U rackmount x86 box that isn't too
expensive, I'm pretty happy with Arista thus far, despite the current
glitch. They have been very responsive and are willing to "make it right".
And the price is right! They even have a decent website now,
http://www.aristaipc.com/
Later,
Bill Carlson
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