Okay. AMD Rules!
On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2001 19:22, you wrote: > > Hey guys, > > Don't y'all think it would be better to rename this thread 'athlon' instead > of 'Pentium IV' ? :) > > > Hi Tom, > > > > My case currenly has no sides on it at all, front or back, there is a power > > supply fan directing air directly onto the CPU via a pcv pipe, and the Fan > > is a GlobalWin AMD approved 7000 rpm fan. > > > > I used thermal grease on the top, and under, (on the thermister) to give > > more accurate readings.. > > > > The temp reading I got was from the BIOS, that box is running 7.2 which > > doesn't have lm sensors... > > > > I have the bios set to shut down the box if the temp goes over 70 degrees > > at the thermister. and so far that hasnt' happened. > > > > problem is that the system is in a roon that can get to 45 or more degree's > > in mid summer, (which is a month or two away.) > > > > So I may have to resort to air con or possibly underclocking if it proves > > an issue.. > > > > I have also just downloaded the AMD cooling pdf from their site for a > > read.. > > > > it may not matter, if the price is good, I may have an AMD AthlonXP 1800+ > > by this time next week, which apparently run cooler.. and my MB supports > > them as well. > > > > > > has anyone gotten lm sensors working on 7.2? do I have to recompile the > > kernel for it? > > > > rgds > > > > Frank > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman > > Sent: Friday, 2 November 2001 11:52 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Pentium IV > > > > On Friday 02 November 2001 08:34 am, Franki wrote: > > > Thats strange, I have a Athlon 1.4 and a huge 7500rpm fan on a > > > massive heatsink, > > > > > > the spring was incrediably tight... but a small pair of pointy nose > > > pliars did the job > > > nice and quickly. > > > > I use an $8 Coolermaster (AMD apprv'd hs/fan) on my 1.4 > > overclocked to 1.55ghz with 1.82 Vcore. A thin film of cheap Radio > > Shack thermal grease on the cpu's die. I used a screwwdriver to > > compress the clip and slip it onto the HS. No problems. > > > > > and the CPU runs nice and cool, middle of a summer day, (35 > > > degress's celcious) the CPU temp > > > was 65degress's and the sensor under the cpu (which has a dot of > > > transfer paste on it to contact with the base of the > > > cpu... > > > > Max temp under extreme load is all that you need to be concerned > > with. Running cpuburn's 'burnK7' ( http://users.ev1.net/~redelm/ ) > > you should NOT go over 55°C. If you do, abort 'burnK7', and improve > > your case cooling. In my experience, proper case cooling is more > > important than a big heavy expensive hs/fan. > > > > > anyone know what the temp range is for a 1.4gig? is 75 degress bad? > > > in winter it had a temp of 35. > > > > AMD says the cpu will burn up at 90°C internal core temp. Since > > the thermister is an external probe, AMD says "to add 10 to 20°C to > > the probe temp to approximate the internal core temp". So if > > lm_sensors spits out 70°C, you're probly fixin to fry your Tbird. > > 'Course you'll probly experience random lockups or reboots before you > > get to 70°C ;) > > > > Mine never goes over 52°C runnin 'burnK7' at 1.55g. Under normal > > load it runs mid 40's. Case temps are always upper 70's °F (~25°C, > > about room temp). All these temps are about the same if I run the > > Tbird at the default 1.4g and 1.75 Vcore. > > -- Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu
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