On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 00:49 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote: > Jackson Pauls wrote: > > what worked in the end was under-clocking the CPU. perhaps i should get > > a new one relatively soon :( > > Ouch! > > Have you checked that the CPU fan is still working properly? it's spinning - didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. > Have you checked the temperature in the box? no and yes. unsure how to get sensor readings in linux, but i have a case with several fans that should keep the inside temperature pretty low at all times - checked this a couple times in bios and when i had windows installed. and for what it's worth, it feels cool. > I would suggest making sure that the heatsink and fan are properly > seated on the CPU. But not knowing your level of expertise, I'm sort of > nervous about doing that. If you get it sufficiently wrong, you could > damage your motherboard, your CPU, or yourself. (Some heatsinks and fans > take a lot of pressure to get on properly...) the problem developed after a year and a half of intensive use on the same motherboard, and persisted after moving the cpu & fan to a different motherboard. > What sort of CPU do you have, anyway? amd 2600 (core clock 2000 now clocked at 1900). i guess it could be the cpu fan rather than the cpu - but testing hardware will have to wait until i finish my current burst of work. best, j -- Play Alienballs at www.j.uklinux.net
