[mythtv-users] [slightly OT] anyone got an epia-m9000 with lm_sensors?

[Chris Moore]

Simon Kenyon wrote:

>the upshot was that i ran it for a week (24x7) in a box with no fans 
>whatsoever. worked like a charm (apart from mythtv which is driving me nuts 
>on this box), with the disk being the only noise from the box. i used a 
>maxtor 7000.7, so that was about 19dba. unfortunately, the CPU gets rather 
>hot. the bios says 96C; lm_sensors says something crazy like 130C.
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:-O  The BIOS is accurate.  lm_sensors may need configuring to match.  
96C is way too high; shouldn't go over 70C really.

>i've now got a sharkoon fan resting on top of the heatsink; blowing air onto 
>it. the fan is very quiet (only 14dba). the CPU temp now peaks at about 86C 
>when there is zero idle time.
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I run a ME6000 which is passively cooled; have one Pabst fan to move the 
air in the box.  Peaks in the sixties and idles at 32C.

Chris

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