From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 25 9: 8:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.aracnet.com (mail2.aracnet.com [216.99.193.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7765037B43E for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:08:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shell1.aracnet.com (shell1.aracnet.com [216.99.193.21]) by mail2.aracnet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA26759; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:08:58 -0700 Received: by shell1.aracnet.com (8.9.3) id JAA27099; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:08:54 -0700 Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:08:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell To: Glenn Johnson Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: overheating AMD K6-2 400 In-Reply-To: <20000825104639.A51927@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > My questions are: Does it sound like the AMD chip is shot or can I try > to enhance the cooling somehow and still use it? Or would I be better > off getting another CPU? If I get another CPU should I get another AMD > or should I go with one of the Cyrix MII models? I would want to put in > a CPU that was at least 400 MHz. I'd still recommend getting a new CPU fan first, and make sure you have thermal grease on it. I've seen CPU fans that look like they're good but aren't going as fast as they use too... Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message