Aaron,
You noted that you have a hot spot between the chips and AGP card. I
also noticed that your system (50C?!!) seems to be running pretty hot while
under load! You might want to put more ventilation in your case to keep cool
air flowing accross the board so the heat doesn't build up.
I'm running 2x366 OCed to 2x550 at 2.2V with a 7200 RPM hard drive
and ATI Xpert128 in an unairconditioned room at 30C ambient. Without load my
system's a bit warmer than yours (34 and 36C CPUs with a MB of 37C),
probably due to the warm ambient temperature and the higher (2.2V vs. 2V)
voltage. However, with 2XSeti running (%100 CPU utilization) I get CPU temps
at 37C and 39C and mb at 41-42C. That's far less than your 45C CPUs and 50C
mainboard with SETI running. You may effect your CPU and MB life and
stability with temps that high.
The setup isn't very exotic, just 2X GlobalWin CPM25603-32 heatsink
fans on the CPUs and 2x90mm case fans drawing air across the board. I also
have a PCI "slot cooler" venting the heat from the ATI video card out of the
case. I was having a MB heat problem when I first put the system together
and after some research I decided that the BX chipset was overheating. The
onboard sensors reported (Using LM Sensors for Linux) that the temp there
was usually 5-6C higher on the MB than the CPUs while under load. To try
and fix this I removed the green heatsink (by pinching the plastic rivet
clips together in the back) then applied thermal paste and replaced the
heatsink. After greasing the heatink, my MB temp dropped about 3C to within
2-3C of the chip temps while under heavy load. I'm not sure if them BX chip
is where the MB sensor is on a BP-6, but cooling it down seems to have
dropped the MB temp.
The system can run stable for at least a week but I usually I reboot
it every few days because I'm doing some reconfiguring or tweeking (or our
crummy NJ-NY power system crashes on a hot day) on the system. It needs to
be stable because it's an IPMasqerade gateway between a home network and a
cable modem. I'm planning on hooking up a UPS and perhaps seeing how long it
will run stable.
I think an Abit BP-6 can run stable with LINUX even with overclocked
chips if you put in enough cooling (especially case cross flow!), use
"vanilla" components (Sound blaster AWE-64, 3-Com NICs, ATI video), use
stable linux kernels (I use Mandrake 2.2.9 kernel I compiled for SMP and 686
class chips), and get well matched Celeron (Mine are from the same batch
from but still run at different temps!) CPUs.
David Green
Research Engineer
SRI International - Ft Monmouth Office
(732) 427-6435
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Aaron Tiensivu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 9:50 PM
>To: Trevor Phillips; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Problems? Re: Abit BP6 Dual Socket370 Motherboard
>
>
>> Has anyone run the BP6 for extended periods of time with no
>problems?? I've
>
>Me me me me. :)
>Rawhide Linux as of a few weeks ago with 2.2.12 and/or 2.3.16
>(haven't updated
>that kernel source tree yet)
>
>Win2k build 2114
>Win98 SE (one CPU only obviously)
>
>Only had 2 crashes under Win2k but those are expected.
>Under Linux/98, 0.
>Very suprising for Win98.
>
>C366 (Week 16 and 24) at 550Mhz @ 1.9V
>My other week 16 chip would do 550mhz at 2.2V but the other
>week 16 was so
>*good* I wanted to pair it with another good chip.
>
>That particular chip goes up to ~570 before having hissy-fits at 2V.
>I haven't done much work with the second chip so I don't know
>high it goes.
>
>Rest o' my config:
>128MB Hitachi 7ns PC100 (oddball but works great)
>SB Live! (works under 2.2 with 'noapic' but I like apic so I
>go with no sound)
>Hauppauge WinTV (bt848 based, love it!)
>2 Canopus Pure 3d ][ Voodoo2
>Matrox G200 (a unique one, that does 155 mem/116 core mhz
>without cooling)
>DEC Tulip NIC
>IBM 7200rpm 10G HD
>ASUS 50x UDMA CD-ROM
>Iomega ATAPI Zip (wish the firmware was upgradable)
>
>I'm a 2D snob, so that's why the G200 has lasted so long. ;-)
>
>I've got two Vantec "Atomic" coolers on the chips.
>I run 2 threads of SETI and/or RC5DES under all OSs depending on mood.
>
>Running full out under Linux with all that running for days on
>end, it's:
>
>CPU1: 45C
>CPU2: 45C
>MB : 50C
>
>Running idle under Linux:
>
>CPU1: 32C
>CPU2: 32C
>MB : 35C
>
>I seem to have a hot spot between the CPUs and the AGP card.
>
>--
>Which is worse, ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares?
>I'm not a perfectionist, but I'm working on it.
>Buckcherry in 10 years: "I love the Rogaine. I love the Rogaine."
>Cybersquatting? Isn't that illegal in most southern states?
>
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