From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 28 15:41:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.nwlink.com (smtp.nwlink.com [209.20.130.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7778F37B972 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:41:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rjoseph@nwlink.com) Received: from ip152.r7.d.bel.nwlink.com (ip152.r7.d.bel.nwlink.com [207.202.173.152]) by smtp.nwlink.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA26440; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:41:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:35:58 -0800 (PST) From: R Joseph Wright X-Sender: rjoseph@mammalia.sea To: Joe Abley Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Panic under load on new K6 machine In-Reply-To: <20000228225613.A29272@patho.gen.nz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have a new K6 machine which keeps panicing under load (for instance, > a "make buildworld" will set it off every time). I have a K6-2 450. It does this sometimes, but not all of the time, usually under only the heaviest of loads, like when I upgraded from 3.4 to 4.0. These processors are known to run hot. To work around it, I opened up my box, and pointed a very heavy duty carpet fan at it. No problem after that =). Also, check to make sure the voltage setting is right for your cpu. The earlier ones were manufactured to be used with 2.2 volts, while the later ones were set for 2.4 (or is it the other way around?). It will tell you on the cpu itself. If you take off the heatsink to look at it, make sure you go to Radio Shack and get a tube of heatsink compound to put on when you replace it. I discovered that the people who put mine together had set it for 2.2 when it was supposed to be 2.4. Your motherboard manual will show you how to change the voltage settings. After I changed mine, it began to run much better, with panics only on rare occasions. I should probably look into getting a better cooling fan for it, but for now, the carpet fan will do 8-). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message