On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Gonzalo Servat wrote:
> On 7/08/2003 9:40 PM +1000, Patrick Lesslie wrote:
>
> > I have a very similar system, (Athlon 1800+, Matrox G550 dualhead)
> > and apparently the same problem. I have heard that Athlons like this
> > suffer from overheating, so I assumed it was that.
> >
> > It freezes sometimes when there is a lot of system activity, so I put
> > in more fans. While it hasn't helped much, I haven't ruled out
> > overheating.
> >
> > But I've never tried ACPI modules. It sounds good to me ....
>
> I've tried removing the G400 too just incase it was the video card
> overheating (I replaced it with a PCI S3) but it froze too (rather quickly
> I might add). I also ran lm-sensors overnight and left it as "sticky" on my
> desktop and on the upper layer, so that if it freezes I'll see what
> temperature it last recorded. It was 0C degrees when it crashed last night.
^^^^^^^^^^
zero centigrade? no wonder it froze! (sorry... I couldn't resist)
On a more serious note, isn't there a lower temp limit as well as a high
one? Where I live, low temperatures are never a problem, and I've never
heard of machines dying from low temps., but presumably it's possible.
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