Re: fried(?) computer hangs on boot
On May 26, 2003 05:42 pm, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 19:14, Josh McKinney wrote:
> > On approximately Mon, May 26, 2003 at 05:28:51PM -0400, Mark L.
> > Kahnt wrote: <snip>
> >
> > > I run lm-sensors on hosehead here, and while the heatsink is
> > > smaller than I've found on most other systems, this box has
> > > been keeping the 800 MHz P3 at 112C. I don't feel that is bad,
> > > as the screenshot I got of the gkrellm sensor monitor indicated
> > > that the machine it was snapped from ran with a CPU at over
> > > 200C. BTW, those are Celsius temperatures, not hex values ;)
> >
> > I think you mean to say Fahrenheit temps. Even at Farhrenheit
> > the temps you mention are outrageous. Just for comparison my
> > Athlon XP2000 runs at 43C, or about 110F.
> >
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>
> Well, given that all of the other temperatures, such as the
> motherboard, are reporting values in the 25-30 range, and the
> software is tossing a C after them automatically, I am leaning to
> trusting the software, and presuming that the temperature is in the
> core of the cpu, which to me doesn't sound unreasonable when you
> consider the vast quantity of traces of current snaking all over
> the multiple layers of the chip in each and every second.
I would guess that either your sensor is broken or your core probe
happens to be reporting in Farenheit. Although 112 F is still high
for a p3 800 its certainly acceptable. Unless Intel chips are
radically different, there is no way that it can be running at 112 C
without causing damage to the chip. Most modern AMD chips are rated
to about 80 or 90 C.
>
> The problem comes not from the specific core temperature if it is
> in an acceptable range for the processor design, but in temperature
> changes - uncontrolled escalations or sudden and significant
> cooling.
I missed the beginning of this thread but this really sounds like your
temperature probe is just broken.. I wouldn't worry about the
reading it puts out.
leo
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