David Kelly wrote:
>
> Peter Wemm writes:
> > Ted Sikora wrote:
> >
> > > During the night periodically my temp warning has been going off.
> > > I have it set to 118F. This happens only under FreeBSD. Linux continues
> > > to run cool at the old temperatures. Apparantly some code change has
> > > caused this. Does anyone know exactly where I should look?
> >
> > The main difference is that Linux halts the cpu in the idle loop, we don't.
> > As a result the cpu is in a tight spin waiting for a process to become
> > scheduleable. I have some patches half-done that I've been working on for
> > 4.0 that should probably be able to be adapted to the 3.x series.
>
> I'll let others debate whether or not FreeBSD halts the CPU when idle
> or not, or whether this has changed recently.
>
> OTOH Ted has a problem that is being ignored: that his CPU/Heatsink/Fan
> combination is apparently not up to a 100% duty cycle. DOS would cook
> it. As would most games. Or several "make buildworlds" in a row.
Antec and Startech have some dual fans for P-II's. The old P-II style
is hard to find but the K-7 Athalon apparently uses the same style of
fan. One of the vendors has a monster fan for a P-III.
I run setiathome in the background on all of my computers, which keeps
the systems at 100% all of the time. I had a new 250W PS go out in
three days. The fans that come on P-II OEM's is not that great.
It also sounds like he isn't getting enough outside air. You can't
cool if the inside air is hot.
Kent
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