From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 17 May 2001 15:45:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 17 May 2001 15:45:30 -0400 Received: from mailout06.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.19]:8205 "EHLO mailout06.sul.t-online.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 17 May 2001 15:45:10 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Nils Holland Organization: NightCastle Productions To: Simon Richter Subject: Re: CPU overheat with 2.2 Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 21:43:54 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org NCP-Opt: Powered by Linux MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01051721435401.07165@thunderbird> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 17 May 2001 16:45, Simon Richter wrote: > On Thu, 17 May 2001, Jussi Hamalainen wrote: > > > CPU is a Pentium 166 MMX on an Asus TX97 mainboard, ISA cards are a > > > 3c509 and a Soundblaster. > > > > The Asus TX97 is known to be a CPU toaster. I've replaced dozens of > > them because of overheating problems. I don't know why the problem > > seems to come up with Linux though. > > Hrm, it has worked with 2.0 for two years now, with CPU temperature never > exceeding 40 degrees Celsius... :-/ Yes, this problem is indeed strange. I once had it happening here, and I tried several things (playing around with kernel config options, etc) but nothing would help. However, by now that board has been replaced so I can offer no more advice. Greetings Nils -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Nils Holland - nils@nightcastleproductions.org NightCastle Productions - Linux in Tiddische, Germany http://www.nightcastleproductions.org "They asked me where this earthquake would begin, I offered to let them feel my pulse." ----------------------------------------------------------