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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:40:37 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To:        gareth <bsd@lordcow.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cpu usage
Message-ID:  <20061023124037.7142cf56.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
In-Reply-To: <20061023162352.GA30413@lordcow.org>
References:  <20061023162352.GA30413@lordcow.org>

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In response to gareth <bsd@lordcow.org>:

> hi, i'm on FreeBSD 6.1, with a problematic cpu - it seems
> to be overheating and shutting the system down when running
> intensive jobs, at the moment i can't even finish compiling
> the mysql-server in ports. i've tried running the make with
> an increased nice level, but that doesn't seem to change
> much. and looking through ports there only seems to be
> cpu monitoring tools, not suppression?

It's unlikely that there's anything you can do in software to fix this
problem.  You need to fix your cooling so the CPU doesn't overheat.

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.



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