[mythtv-users] OT: CPU temperatures

[Maarten]

On Sunday 31 October 2004 11:39, David Whyte wrote:
> Guys,
>
> When I boot up my machine I can see all of the temps during the POST
> etc, but how do I get to view them when I am running FC2?  Is there a
> decent program for that?

Other than the lmsensors package already mentioned, I use the command 
'acpi -t' to get a temperature reading.  Caveat is, I'm not using FC but SuSE, 
and I'm not sure FC includes the same set of acpi tools as SuSE does.
And of course your whole system should support ACPI (doh). Some boards do, 
some don't.  Strangely, my new Asus board doesn't, whereas my old Abit did. 
They have the exact same chipset. Go figure.  But it is worth a try, right?

P.S.: Being a cautious guy, I myself tend to go into panic mode whenever I 
read temps significantly over 55C.  Normal temp ranges for my overclocked 
athlon 2600 are between 44-52C but I do have hefty cooling indeed; a zalman 
unit (modded with a 120mm fan) and several 120mm case fans. YMMV.

Maarten

> Dave - Linux Newb
>
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:01:55 -0500, William <wmunson at rochester.rr.com> 
wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > > Slightly OT...
> > > In the quest for a quiet myth box, what temperature should
> > > one hope to stay under for an athlon-xp (barton) 2500+?
> > >
> > > I am using one of the older 'fan' style Zalmans coolers in
> > > quiet mode (ie. fanmate turned right down). I've had the poor
> > > thing flatout encoding mp3s for the last 30 hours or so. CPU
> > > core temp sits at ~65 degrees
> >
> > That temp is pretty much the top end of the safe zone. You should not
> > have problems but you may experience a shortened life if you power cycle
> > often. You may want to turn down the clock speed on the micro a notch or
> > two just to be safe. My preference is to keep the micro under 60C.
> >
> >
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