From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 9 23:32:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86189106566C for ; Fri, 9 May 2008 23:32:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xsappyx@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3342C8FC1C for ; Fri, 9 May 2008 23:32:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xsappyx@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so865220ywe.13 for ; Fri, 09 May 2008 16:32:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=FEdDazrVwbx1LAeAQo6hrcZKoTul7mk/+ajTDdEIEmg=; b=BwoHBiZ8uTHfCiLTGTSQOPykPPWQ/U2HIG4+oztmH3MvQ6906NteReVshZc5Sq4/zgd4E5NYtxYA+g6hnn1oAkaZETscjLyGsiEhUm/GdRbHiavudwWW10SXfa4P3xZDgMAdVCEinWq+YXYFhMhtDvom6QCT0Rul6qdDtu/6WyU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Pyz6V9aMAXVxaq8jUEyH9b0OmOXAvRPYmGkK9zNnQK6X8CRgSsAY5kzA6B8qp1U196zJaJExSnXEJ9B72CfRPvCcH0IzYDamTqAyVEyBsP77wnOqMTReOGDmXC/z9LJVz98qii/h0i2jKoGl+ySChYMrDuXeDDpCGan0JvGCq5Y= Received: by 10.150.69.5 with SMTP id r5mr5477885yba.100.1210374229347; Fri, 09 May 2008 16:03:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.204.4 with HTTP; Fri, 9 May 2008 16:03:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8206ae960805091603g39e1f857ld0531641f13dbb5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:03:49 -0700 From: xSAPPYx To: "Christian Zachariasen" In-Reply-To: <4a89d1190805090014i5a7c6e62ud0725909b7cff222@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <560f92640805081955m3219d3d3k26946a3ad5d86b1b@mail.gmail.com> <4a89d1190805082310o5f957871w6f211bc4d9942768@mail.gmail.com> <20080509090729.G87682@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4a89d1190805090014i5a7c6e62ud0725909b7cff222@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Wojciech Puchar , FreeBSD Mailing Lists Subject: Re: coretemp 70C = CPU too hot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 23:32:14 -0000 Also something to keep in mind, most (all?) new procs have thermal cuttoffs that will kill themselves before any damage happens. If you box hasn't shut down in weird ways or underclocked itself, you are probably good to go. It's something to keep your eye on, but I wouldn't worry too much about it if you aren't experiencing any problems. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Christian Zachariasen wrote: > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Wojciech Puchar < > wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > >> As with so many other things in the computer world, it depends. With no >>> case >>> fans, it's weird that the computer gets colder if it has something above >>> and >>> >> >> no it's not. the machines above and below has proper cooling, and transfers >> this machine heat by conduction - rack cases are mostly metal and conduct >> heat well. > > > I've very little experience with computers in racks, but if the machines are > actually touching, then yes, this could be the case. > > The 65 C temperature a previous poster was talking about is not the maximum > operating temperature for the actual processor, it's the maximum temperature > in the case while the computer is operating. As far as I know CPU > temperatures are measured on the actual processor die, and the case > temperature will normally be *much* lower. > > Christian Zachariasen > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >