One other thought- I don't recall seeing any mention of this in this thread. Are you sure your heatsink/fan combo is rated for your AMD 64 cpu?
On Friday 22 July 2005 11:26 am, Joseph wrote: > On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 10:00 -0400, Robert Crawford wrote: > > > > I have an old IDE drive, maybe I can squeeze Gentoo on it for > > > > testing. Bob has a good idea too regarding the CPU compound under the > > > > heat-sink but at CPU temp. 39C I don't see how that could cause any > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > #Joseph > > > > No matter what the temp sensors are reading, your problem definitely > > sounds like it's heat related. Temp sensor readings can, and often are > > not accurate, sometimes to an amazing degree. I don't know what type of > > sensor your cpu uses, but if it's the type under the cpu, it might not be > > in good contact with the cpu itself, thus giving false readings, I > > wouldn't be surprised if your cpu temp was really over 50C. In my > > experience, temps over 50C. with AMD 32bit cpus start giving problems > > like this, no matter what AMD says about it. Seeing as how you have an > > AMD 64, I'm not sure about the sensor type- all I'm saying is that the > > readings can vary wildly, and are not to be trusted, especially > > considering your current problems. > > > > Robert Crawford\ > > I'll try to get to the bottom of it. > > 1.) First, I have noticed that the Sata Controller share one IRQ with > Network Controller, this is not a good combination. I don't know if it > is possible to re-assign and IRQ so they will be on a different one > (BIOS does not have this option). > If not I'll install another network card and disable the one on the > Motherboard. > > 2.) Heat could be a problem as you have mentioned, I'll try to change > the thermal padding under the heatsink. > > -- > #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
