From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 30 12:35:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32E8137B417 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:35:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-63.214.194.233.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net ([63.214.194.233] helo=sparky) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16KmgG-0004zz-00; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:35:41 -0800 From: Jud To: FreeBSD Questions , Cliff Sarginson Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:35:49 -0500 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Reply-To: jud@operamail.com In-Reply-To: <20011228190613.GB1122@raggedclown.net> Message-Id: <2VLIA7OJXUE9BA98B9B7Q5DCE9D.3c2f7aa5@sparky> Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD have a problem with some AMD processors? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Opera 6.0 build 1010 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 12/28/2001 2:06:13 PM, Cliff Sarginson wrote: [snip] >I believe there is also an issue with some of the high-end Athlons >running very hot. Co-incidentally I noticed in a local computer shop the >other day a warning about using the right coolers for AMD processors. > >Next time it goes AWOL see what the Bios thinks the temperature is (if >it has that possibility in it, mine does). Someone on a linux list I am >on was reporting temperatures >100C !! While attempting to find a cooling solution for a 1.33ghz Athlon that didn't sound as if I were standing on an airport runway, I screwed up by installing an underpowered power supply fan. Combined with my less- than-effective first-time job of mounting the heat sink/CPU fan, I was getting CPU temperatures in the range of 68 deg C! Searching for something to keep my CPU from burning up while I got new cooling hardware, I found a Win program called CPUIdle (http://www.cpuidle.de/) that gave me some pretty amazing results, holding my CPU temp down around 51 deg C when in Windows. Does FBSD in its "out of the box" configuration have similar abilities, or is there a way to provide them? If not, it seems like it would be a useful thing for someone (not me, unfortunately - I'm no programmer) to create. Jud P.S. After spending the money on a quiet-but-cool power supply and new heat sink/fan as I should have done in the first place, current CPU temp as I write this (in Windows, with CPUIdle running) is 42 deg C, motherboard temp is 28 deg C. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message