Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:35:49 -0500 From: Jud <jud@operamail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD have a problem with some AMD processors? Message-ID: <2VLIA7OJXUE9BA98B9B7Q5DCE9D.3c2f7aa5@sparky> In-Reply-To: <20011228190613.GB1122@raggedclown.net>
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12/28/2001 2:06:13 PM, Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> wrote: [snip] >I believe there is also an issue with some of the high-end Athlons >running very hot. Co-incidentally I noticed in a local computer shop the >other day a warning about using the right coolers for AMD processors. > >Next time it goes AWOL see what the Bios thinks the temperature is (if >it has that possibility in it, mine does). Someone on a linux list I am >on was reporting temperatures >100C !! While attempting to find a cooling solution for a 1.33ghz Athlon that didn't sound as if I were standing on an airport runway, I screwed up by installing an underpowered power supply fan. Combined with my less- than-effective first-time job of mounting the heat sink/CPU fan, I was getting CPU temperatures in the range of 68 deg C! Searching for something to keep my CPU from burning up while I got new cooling hardware, I found a Win program called CPUIdle (http://www.cpuidle.de/) that gave me some pretty amazing results, holding my CPU temp down around 51 deg C when in Windows. Does FBSD in its "out of the box" configuration have similar abilities, or is there a way to provide them? If not, it seems like it would be a useful thing for someone (not me, unfortunately - I'm no programmer) to create. Jud P.S. After spending the money on a quiet-but-cool power supply and new heat sink/fan as I should have done in the first place, current CPU temp as I write this (in Windows, with CPUIdle running) is 42 deg C, motherboard temp is 28 deg C. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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