On 12/11/06, Edward Dekkers <edward@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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. And there is the key. Even if you were to run your processor 100% usage 24/7. If the hardware is properly cooled, you will never overheat. The answer is never going to be "Let's stop the CPU reaching 100% usage, because that will CAUSE overheating". Overheating is caused by poor thermal solutions. Software is not responsible for poor thermal solutions. Things I have discovered: 1> A dust caked heatsink on a Northwood or Prescott CPU can make the temperature jump from a stressed 55 Celsius to as much as 76 Celsius when stressed, causing the BIOS to kick in and prevent overheating (the result being different for different motherboards). 2> Simply adding cheap case fans does bring the temperature down a little, adds a lot more noise, but most importantly DOES NOT prevent CPU overheating. No matter how good the air circulating around the fan/heatsink, an improperly functioning fan/heatsink (i.e. covered with dust), will simply have to be dusted or replaced. 3> Zalman! I've played with Thermaltake, Coolermaster and Zalman CPU fan/heatsinks and it always seems to me the Zalman's are not only the coolest, but the quietest as well. For point 1 above, where I was getting 55 Celsius stressed temperature for a new CPU and 76 Celsius after a year or so in the dust, no matter how much I stress that machine now, I cannot get the CPU temp above 43 Celsius, after fitting an $AU80 Zalman. Expensive I know, but the results are SO worth it. My experience in a nutshell after 9 years of business - take it or leave it. Regards, Ed. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
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