Hi Nick & List, Hmm, those numbers should not be possible. According to the Intel docs, the commercial Atom E6xx parts we use have a Tjmax of 90°C, with an onchip precision digital thermal sensor that will shut down the chip if the Tjmax is exceeded.
The die temperature is readable using RDMSR reg 019C bits 16..22, as an offset from Tjmax, can be done in the comBIOS monitor by: > rm 19c If it t.ex. shows 00000000 88240000 then the offset is the 24 (hex), which gives 90 - 36 = 54°C But I do admit that the procossor can get a little hot inside the case, should be within limits, but I'm also working to lower the processor power by disable stuff not used and/or enabling more power management. Best Regards, Soren Kristensen CEO & Chief Engineer Soekris Engineering, Inc. Nick Brown wrote: > Does anyone else have a point of reference on the temperatures > expected on the net6501-70 (with 32G Transcend mSATA)? I'm seeing > core temperatures of 91 degrees C, as reported by lm-sensors; as > opposed to 69 degrees C on a net4801 (as reported by this tool > http://phk.freebsd.dk/soekris/env4801/) in the same physical > environment. Should I be concerned by these numbers? > > [root@aleph ~]# sensors > coretemp-isa-0000 > Adapter: ISA adapter > Core 0: +91°C (high = +100°C) > > coretemp-isa-0001 > Adapter: ISA adapter > Core 1: +91°C (high = +100°C) > > > Also, as a useful note to anyone else looking to install RHEL6.1 (or > clones like CentOS6 or Scientific Linux 6), the 82574L ethernet driver > included in RHEL6 fails after some time. There may be a kernel update > that fixes it, but this makes it hard to pxeboot into a network > install. I believe this is the bug in question - > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=632650 > > I had more success with RHEL5.7, and haven't experienced any issues > with it thus far. I'm running b6501_140c.bin ComBIOS posted here by > Soren earlier this month. > > Thanks, > -Nick Brown > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
