> > Greetings, > > The single K7 boards may well have problems (I haven't tested those as extensively), >however, the Tiger, and the newer Thunder revision (the one with a heatsink glued to >the northbridge) seem capable of being quite solid once the bum boards are screened >out. They are very touchy about their power. I'm rejecting >20% of the power supplies >I get due to instability which develops after several hours at 100% CPU. Anything >less stressful than that and they seem fine. It makes testing hard. Just to keep >things nice and confusing, the P.S. problem looks a lot like a flaky mainboard. Once >I get a good supply in the system, and keep it in a cool room with good airflow, they >work great. > > The airflow is as important as the temperature. A rack of these things will form a >'bubble' of hot air around them even in a perfectly cool room unless they get direct >airflow. A proper datacenter environment is more than adequate.
What are the symptoms you get? I have a problematic machine at the moment, just seems to reboot itself sometimes in heavy usage. But I have another that is fine so far (48 CPU days on one process at 100% CPU). Justin
