Re: Porting to different architectures

Segin
2006-08-01T17:15:09Z

Richard Wallman wrote:
> Jody Bruchon wrote:
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>>My main machine (the host) had an Athlon XP barbecue.
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> Heh - I had one over the weekend. Sorting out my Dad's computer, IDE cable got
> in the way of the CPU fan and I didn't notice until it started a reset loop.
> It took a couple of minutes before it cooled down enough for the motherboard
> to be willing/able to report the CPU temperature - apparently it can't report
> temperatures over 99 degrees C. Amazing thing it, it still works!
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> Cup of tea, anyone? :P
I had a system do a similar thing cause the fan get it's power via the
disk drive power cables, and if the wires are put in a certain position,
the fan quits working. At any rate, when I rebooted, i got a "Power
Managemenr failure" from the BIOS, checking it out revealed that the CPU
was roasting at a good 253 degrees, while running. Luckly it didn't break.

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