Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 15:43, Nano Nano wrote:
> Now I can turn the fan down to "quite quiet" (3000 RPMs) and compile hte
> kernel at 46C (before it was 55C). So I can sleep peacefully.
I don't know what Pentium4 chips are rated to run at, but I think you might be
over paranoid about the temperature. The P4 does have thermal throttling
built in, so even if a power hungry process does fire itself up misteriuosly
while you're dead to the world, the cpu won't fry.
As a loose and almost irrelevant comparison, my AthlonXP 1800+ (Palomino core)
runs at around 55 centigrade at idle. Something like setiathome bumps this
to between 60 and 70 degrees, depending on the room temperature, and it runs
perfectly stable: 15:20:06 up 85 days, 16 min. Heatsink/fan is not quite
one of the hardcore overclocker models, but it sounds about like a vacuum
cleaner with the box open, so I can relate.
So my guess is you can safely leave it with the fan turning slowly and it'll
survive the odd spike.
One thing I do when I have have to leave the computer on while I sleep, is to
put a pillow on top of the case - it absorbs a lot of sound.
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Kind regards
Hans du Plooy
hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za
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