On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 10:35:01PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > > Ok, the problem is, I have a processor that runs hot, and I have as many > > fans as possible in the system (including putting an 80mm case fan on the > > CPU with an adapter), and it still tends to overheat. It will not shut > > form the rest of the stuff below ... your disk system is corrupted *sigh* Alright, I was afraid of that. :( Thanks. > - if your system boots properly .. and x11 looks oky fro a while ... > i'd bet the cpu is still okay... Yeah, it's overheated at least 3-5 times a year (on a good year) for the last 3 years, and the cpu is still ok. I've gone through one motherboard (and this one is working on dying too), but the cpu is always ok. Heh. > - if you, or anybody, has to hit the reset or power switch at least once, > i say the machine is misconfigured ... or something is seriously wrong > with the existing hardware ( i'm finicky about things working right > esp if means losing data if "something" is known to be wrong/flaky ) > - reset and power switch should be hands off Yeah, I've used Linux long enough to know that-- I just have bottom-of-the-line hardware that doesn't know that. :) On a normal shutdown/reboot ACPI works fine, but when it overheats... > - if you have a heat problem > - take the covers off > - put a standard $20 household fan on it and blow the !@#$% out of > it ... skip all those mickey mouse 40mm/80mm/120mm fans Aight, I'll try that. Thanks. :) > - the bios should should down the cpu in its "health monitor" section > if it has the capability .. otherwise, put an egg on it and have > breakfast sometimes .. Heh, yeah, *should*. But it's a cheap, sorry MB with a cheap, sorry bios, so it doesn't. For the record: never buy cheap hardware, especially Elite Group motherboards. Anyway, thanks for the help Alvin. Till I get a new cpu, I will see if I can get a fan for the computer. -- Vikki Roemer Homepage: http://neuromancer.homelinux.com/ Registered Linux user #280021 http://counter.li.org/ He's dead, Jim. That's ten this week already. PGP fingerprint: 0A3E 0AE4 CCD9 FF31 B4BB C859 2DE1 B1D8 5CE0 1578 Keyserver: http://pgp.mit.edu/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT d---(-) s: a19 C++++(++) UL++++ P+ L+++>++++ E- W++ N+ o? K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE(++) Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X+ R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e-(*)>+++++ h! r x* ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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