Re: [TCLUG:6533] Bin in Deutschland, aber...

[Michael Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

> I'm in germany for the next month but still reading my e-mail and
> interested in more info about my previously-described processor problems.
> I found out that my processor was running at 145F (way too hot). I
> underclocked it from 166 (150 actual, it's a cyrix)  to 133. Still too
> hot. So I took the voltage down from 2.9V to 2.8V. A little better - now
> it runs at about 130F (=55C). This stopped the lockups for now, but it
> still locks up by getting too hot every so often. Is it just my processor,
> or maybe my heatsink, or the fact that there's no thermal compound between
> the processor and the heatsink, or am I running at the wrong voltage
> entirely, or what?

First off, I'd recommend the thermal compound.  I don't know if it will help
very much, though..

It's possible that your processor isn't getting properly set up to handle idle
calls or something (I don't know a whole lot about Cyrix other than the fact
that Linux can make them heat up fiercely..)  I believe there is a program
called setregs or set6x86 that will help the problem.  Also, I think the kernel
can be configured to send idle calls to the CPU, but that may cause other
problems.

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