On 12/12/06, Mike Chalmers <mikechalmers70@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 12/11/06, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Mike Chalmers wrote: > > > On 12/11/06, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>[...] > >> > >> Recently installed FC6 on an old P-III 500MHz. At first, it would > >> reliably do thermal shutdowns during the dependency resolution step. Also > >> did shutdowns during memtest86. > >> > >> I swapped the CPU package from one of the two slots to the other (tried to > >> get airflow across the package back and probably shook out some dust) and > >> it's been fine ever since. > > > > I will try dusting it off. I still don't know why it would have never > > happened before. Matthew, what kind of fan did you use? Price is not > > an option on the fan, because that is important. But not to high. Does > > anyone recommend thermoelectric cooling? > > This machine has a case fan at the end of a plastic tunnel that draws air > past the CPU package slots. It doesn't have a heat-sink fan. > > > > > What is a reliable shutdown? I don't think the screen going black then > > returning me to the is a reliable shutdown, is it? > > "Reliable" in the sense that it was not intermittent. My BIOS has a > setting that will force power off when thermal violations are detected. > That's what was doing the shutdown. > > > > > I don't think letting it overheat again is a good idea. It could break > > it. It is Intel P4 HT 3.0 ghz processor. Can't afford to lose that. If > > I did run update again and the cpu overheated, wouldn't that mean it > > was Linux? > > Linux may make your CPU work hard, but it shouldn't cause it to overheat > if the hardware is otherwise OK. See the other posts in this thread. > > > > > Kind Regards, > > Preston > > > > > > > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I have decided to dust my system, I have also decided to get this cpu fan, http://www.quietpcusa.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=8&Product_ID=266&CATID=3 , and a new power supply. I am also going to update my case fans. Thank you for the help.
The description of that fan doesn't seem to detail its air flow. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud
