From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 4 23:49:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFB8E75 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2013 23:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrisom@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vb0-x22e.google.com (mail-vb0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c02::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB0232EC8 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2013 23:49:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f46.google.com with SMTP id p13so2211535vbe.5 for ; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 16:49:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=N8T30z7B6ybdxlux4HhciQ4Czxhv7FxicmLHi2XVNn4=; b=z8b7veuS7JRH1lXOAtazkxuYZln6iau3woVoY9naiMsdXpjJOBzdxT8I099VNVIj+H B0LdFg8+8YRQ2QcOro4a0c8yJgQdKilyHeA171SgKHmv6nq7u7Nu7ixMZK8EAHhnfdo4 PFuDKaMteDWvbaubrR1feEv+wQuAwLwmjzCRN6zmg+4EvDfqy2G77zN6igYZqPeHf8jx kcFRNonneSsfvtCZlZhCNDKgDyyFftDNuNoBKdVtB3qq3nwtsKk5KH1ugrmnJ8mHHgIO nCXnEawKeWyFwuzIyhwHDO+fBTjni6c7W5xKvRBljzY5lph7KLycAqr1yP5TCyyANjTE 7bKg== X-Received: by 10.220.44.195 with SMTP id b3mr5006007vcf.62.1375660198870; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 16:49:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.34] (c-98-212-197-211.hsd1.il.comcast.net. [98.212.197.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id kk6sm3778231vdb.5.2013.08.04.16.49.57 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 04 Aug 2013 16:49:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51FEE89F.3040306@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:49:51 -0500 From: Joshua Isom User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD Phenom II X4 temperature issues (was Re: hardware monitor) References: <51FEBE38.2000202@blackfoot.net> <20130804231548.dbb1fd2e.freebsd@edvax.de> <51FEE23D.3020402@blackfoot.net> <51FEE3E0.5080709@blackfoot.net> In-Reply-To: <51FEE3E0.5080709@blackfoot.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:50:00 -0000 On 8/4/2013 6:29 PM, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 08/04/13 17:22, Gary Aitken wrote: >> Ok, so now I see that my cpu temperature shoots up pretty dang fast when a >> build is going on. >> >> I'm running an AMD Phenom II X4 with the AMD-supplied fan in an >> ASUS M4A89TD PRO / USB3 motherboard. >> >> The system "works fine" unless I start a cpu-intensive build. >> If I leave it unattended, after some time the system shuts down abruptly. >> I'm guessing it's because of excessive cpu temperatures. >> >> When doing port builds, or any cpu-intensive job, the temperature of the >> CPU goes from 45 to 50 in about 30 seconds. >> >> I pretty much have to manually suspend and resume the build process >> to keep it down. If I do that, I avoid the abrupt shutdown. >> >> Needless to say, this makes unattended operation a non-starter... >> >> Does anyone else have a similar setup they can provide me some related >> experience on? > > BTW, the mobo temp stays down around 32. You need a better heatsink and fan for your CPU. If you're idle temp is 45, that's too high. By using powerd, so it's 800MHz, and being idle I'm at around 26C, presumably. It peaks at 45C on parallel builds. In the meantime, you can set the maximum cpu speed, which I recommend powerd for. Here's a tip when shopping, get a big beefy heatsink with a standard fan size, and replace the fan with something beefier. Either that or water cooling.