[mythtv-users] Is my video card toast?

[Gabe Rubin]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:08 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
>
> GPUs are pretty heat tolerant.  I think you should be OK up to around 90C.
>
> If I remember right, though, your video card failed due to bad capacitors,
> correct?  In that case you may want to focus more on the air temperature
> inside the case instead of the GPU temp.  The cooler the better, but I get
> worried if I see case temps higher than 40C.
>

Yes, it was bad (cracked) capacitors.  I was thinking that the GPU
temp was correlated to the capacitors cracking (and correlated to the
heat inside the case).

How would I go about checking the case temp?  This is what I get with
sensors. Based on some of the readings, I don't think the
it8712-isa-0290 is accurate.

[mythtv at localhost ~]$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:  +38.0°C

lm90-i2c-1-4c
Adapter: SMBus nForce2 adapter at 4c40
M/B Temp:    +44.0°C  (low  =  +0.0°C, high = +127.0°C)
                      (crit = +127.0°C, hyst = +117.0°C)
CPU Temp:    +42.5°C  (low  =  +0.0°C, high = +127.0°C)
                      (crit = +127.0°C, hyst = +117.0°C)

it8712-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1:     +1.09 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
VCore 2:     +1.49 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
+3.3V:       +3.17 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
+5V:         +4.73 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +6.85 V)
+12V:       +11.58 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max = +16.32 V)
-12V:        +1.60 V  (min = -27.36 V, max =  +3.93 V)
-5V:         +3.96 V  (min = -13.64 V, max =  +4.03 V)   ALARM
Stdby:       +4.68 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +6.85 V)
VBat:        +3.01 V
fan1:       2445 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)
fan2:       2678 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)
M/B Temp:    +16.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = transistor
CPU Temp:   +127.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = transistor
Temp3:       +72.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  ALARM
sensor = ther

mal diode
cpu0_vid:   +0.000 V