Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 06:01:45PM +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
>> I've been using mprime as a stresstest on a new AMD 64bit quad-core
>> system I've put together.  It's failing miserably, causing the
>> machine to automatically reboot within 15-20min.
>> It doesn't seem to be a thermal problem, as running a parallel
>> compile of the Linux kernel actually drives a higher CPU temperature.
> 
> In my experience, spontaneous reboots is usually a sign of the power
> supply not holding up.

Initially the system had a 350W powersupply.  Inspired by mailing-list
comments that that was way too little, I bought a new (and very quiet)
850W supply.  Later I went and measured actual consumption, which
barely exceeded 230W.  (excluding e.g. startup surges which I couldn't
measure).
I think the 350W would probably have been perfectly adequate, but now
it's running with 850W.



/Per Jessen, Zürich

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