Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 19:44:02 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Subject: Re: detecting overheating processors? Message-ID: <200403040344.i243i20r041394@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <78841.1078239798@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp writes: | In message <6.0.1.1.1.20040302124613.03af9150@imap.sfu.ca>, Colin Percival writes: | > I'm seeing something very interesting with FreeBSD Update: Lots | >of overheating processors. FreeBSD Update operates by checking | >MD5 hashes, applying patches, and checking the MD5 hashes of the | >patched files. If the file is wrong after patching, it downloads | >the entire file (and verifies its hash). | | In my experience MD5 does seem to be a really good CPU heater. Mine is: sh while : do done and watch the temperature go up immediately. In about 15 minutes or less it will be at max. I found this out by accident and wondered one this one system kept crashing. Some CPUs are more sensitive to temperature then others. Some heat sinks work better. Doug A.home | help
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