From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 5 05:23:23 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ACD9A11 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2013 05:23:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgiessel@mac.com) Received: from nk11p04mm-asmtp002.mac.com (nk11p04mm-asmtp002.mac.com [17.158.236.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52F1628DC for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2013 05:23:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.162] (115-133-237-24.static.gci.net [24.237.133.115]) by nk11p04mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.07(7.0.4.27.6) 64bit (built Jun 21 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0MR100A65IUO2EA0@nk11p04mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 05 Aug 2013 04:23:13 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-08-05_02:2013-08-04,2013-08-05,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1305010000 definitions=main-1308040380 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: AMD Phenom II X4 temperature issues (was Re: hardware monitor) From: Peter Giessel In-reply-to: <51FEE23D.3020402@blackfoot.net> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 20:23:11 -0800 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: <9CA2343F-172A-4B5C-A8BC-CC6F24B30617@mac.com> References: <51FEBE38.2000202@blackfoot.net> <20130804231548.dbb1fd2e.freebsd@edvax.de> <51FEE23D.3020402@blackfoot.net> To: Gary Aitken X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 05:23:23 -0000 You can also try shutting down (obviously), then removing the heat sink, = put some thermal paste on the processor and reinstall the heat sink. = Sometimes there isn't much (any) thermal paste there and the processor = can't get the heat into the heat sink. On 2013, Aug 4, at 15:22, Gary Aitken wrote: > Ok, so now I see that my cpu temperature shoots up pretty dang fast = when a > build is going on.