Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 15:26:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Lui <klui@cup.hp.com> To: vmori@cronosnet.com (Vittorio Mori) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: R: Spontaneous reboot while CPU usage is high Message-ID: <199905272226.PAA12059@cup44ux.cup.hp.com> In-Reply-To: <001901bea88c$8c17a440$d54467c3@vmori> from "Vittorio Mori" at May 28, 99 00:01:58 am
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> We recently had some _flawed_ batches of K6 II-333. Some would not even > boot. They also were generating much more heat than the K6 II series we had > before. So you can check the temperature of the CPU (it sounds overworked as > an advice, but believe me, those K6 II were really HOT) .... fans & the > rest. The problem seemed restricted to the K6 II 333 line, the 400Mhz were > fine. > > The problem we had was similar to yours, the machines rebooted or locked up > at about 90% of cpu load, even if the peak was for a short time. > > Our previus K6-2 batch stayed well under 45-55 Celsius. > > These bad K6 are running 50-70 Celsius (!). Vittorio, Thanks for your input. I believe this K6-2 is already overclocked to 333. :) Probably a 266 or 300. Unfortunately, my motherboard (Biostar M5ALA) has no temperature probe... Ken -- Ken Lui 19111 Pruneridge Avenue klui@cup.hp.com Cupertino, CA 95014-0795 USA Information Solutions & Services 1.408.447.3230 FAX 1.408.447.0218 Views within this message may not be those of the Hewlett-Packard Company To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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