On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 08:26, gikoreno wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I am not sure this is supposed to be in the expert list, but since it's more >hardware related I sent it here. > > I just got a Tyan Thunder Pro system with two Athlon 2000+ CPUs. > The power supply I was provided was an ATXGES one, and I just trusted the OEM >supplier to have ensured it was the right one for the board. > Little did I know. As soon as I connected it, I heard a bang, and there you are, >nothing seemed to work. I went to the store to get a replacement and an explanation, >and they didn't know what it was until I read on the net that while the Thunder >version does need an ATXGES, the Thunder Pro is incompatible (although it has the >ATXGES connector), thus it should not be powered by an ATXGES. They replaced the >power supply and handed the rest of the system back to me, as is. >
yikes! That must have gotten your attention. > Since this is going to be a production server, I need to know if the hardware got >damaged... After a memory test (the one supplied on the Mandrake Linux CD), memory >seems fine. Both CPUs seem to be recognized. POST seemed fine, and I installed the >SMP kernel and Mandrake Linux and it boots and seems to work. > > My first question is: What else can I do to make sure nothing got damaged? A stress test like Linpack might be a good idea, or even the production load with an artificial amount of the expected traffic. > > Second, I installed lm_sensors and gkrellm, and I get a 72 degC on the case heat and >the CPU2, while I get 76-77 degC on the CPU1. > First use sensors from the command line, gkrellm might be looking at the wrong fields. Next try experimenting with different chipset modules. Sometimes lm_sensors will autodetect and load modules that are wrong, but seem to work. Except for the fact that they spit out bogus information, of course :-) > Do you have any such results from the Tyan Thunder boards, and could you tell me if >it's normal? I find it awefully high, and I opened the case, and it seems to me more >like 30 degC in the case... Why is CPU1 so much higher than CPU2? is it a >configuration thing of lm_sensors (I ran sensors-detect of course), i.e. just an >error reading, or is it that one of the CPUs or the motherboard is busted... How >could I test them? > > Thanks a lot for any advice on the matter, > > gikoreno > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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