On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 10:33:55 +0400 Eugene wrote: > Hello Gary, > > Also make sure there is no packed dirt on the heatsink -- I don't > know about AMDs, but older Intel heatsinks often tend to accumulate a > paper-like layer of dirt on the 'top' of heatsink grid, blocking the > airflow. I once had several thermal shutdowns on my home PC before I > found that. This does not seem to happen with newer heatsinks so they > must have changed the design somehow =)
I had a AMD Phenom II X4 and it had exactly that problem. Every few months I had to remove the fan to get a brush into the fins. An idle temperature of 45 C sounds about right for one that's been neglected. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
