From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 18 12:06:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F05C816A4CF for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:06:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from makeworld.com (chcgil2-ar9-4-60-214-019.chcgil2.dsl-verizon.net [4.60.214.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C34D943D1F for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:06:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from evrtwa1-ar12-4-46-162-188.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net (evrtwa1-ar12-4-46-162-188.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net [4.46.162.188]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5B9F612D for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:06:19 -0600 (CST) From: Chris To: FreeBSD Questions Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:05:35 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <200402152046.55853.racerx@makeworld.com> <200402151916.13790.kstewart@owt.com> <200402181959.13869.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200402181959.13869.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200402181405.35820.racerx@makeworld.com> Subject: Re: 5.2.1-RC1 and RC2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:06:27 -0000 On Wednesday 18 February 2004 01:59 pm, ian j hart wrote: > If I forget to clean the filters, the temperature will rise, and the system > becomes increasingly unstable. A few degrees increase is enough. > > My advice is to clean any filters, fans and heatsinks and check the fans > spin correctly. If the box runs cooler, note the temperature for future > reference. Funny you bring this up - I took the case off, cleaned everything out including the powersupply. I'm leaving the case off - currently, I'm running at 109 degrees (F) and I was able to do my portupgrade of KDE without issues. All in all, better ventelation is helping out tremendously. -- Best regards, Chris