Re: How to determine if cpu-cache is working?

2003-03-07 Thread Marc Schneiders
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, at 13:15 [=GMT-0500], Lucas Holt wrote: > Is it possible that the processor is overheating instead of the cache > not working? I had a similar problem with a linux gaming server > running a Celeron 300mhz. The machine was very slow and sometimes > inconsistent. From my under

Re: How to determine if cpu-cache is working?

2003-03-07 Thread Marc Schneiders
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, at 12:59 [=GMT+0200], Toomas Aas wrote: > > I am talking about a PII 300 MHz. The bios settings are OK for > > cpu-cache. The machine is slower than a PI 75 MHz. It does not look > > like hard disks. There is nothing in dmesg or messages that looks > > weird. > > > > So how can

Re: How to determine if cpu-cache is working?

2003-03-07 Thread Toomas Aas
> I am talking about a PII 300 MHz. The bios settings are OK for > cpu-cache. The machine is slower than a PI 75 MHz. It does not look > like hard disks. There is nothing in dmesg or messages that looks > weird. > > So how can I see whether the cpu-cache memory is functioning? Could it > be broke

How to determine if cpu-cache is working?

2003-03-05 Thread Marc Schneiders
I am talking about a PII 300 MHz. The bios settings are OK for cpu-cache. The machine is slower than a PI 75 MHz. It does not look like hard disks. There is nothing in dmesg or messages that looks weird. So how can I see whether the cpu-cache memory is functioning? Could it be broken? Bonus quest