On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:13:42 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:13:42 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:17:44PM +0000, Felix Karpfen wrote: >> Since upgrading from Sarge to Etch, my CPU temperature appears to be >> running 5-10 deg.C higher; >> SNIP >> and I have failed to locate any reference to an acceptable temperature >> range. >> >> All advice will be gratefully received. > > Run top. Do you really have 120 processes actually running? What are > they if you consider the computer idle? > The info came from "KSysGuard" - which, I believe, analyses the "top" data. > > I can't even load up my P-II lower than about 60% idle momentarily or > 80% consistantly. Then again it only has 64 MB ram so to do anything > big gets into swapping which gives the CPU pleanty of time to rest :) Looks as though "bigger is not always better". I have 512 MB RAM. My CPU works hard; the swap partition is just a decoration - it never gets used. > > My Athlon64 never gets above 35 C, my video card's GPU never above 40C. > Then again, the internal case temp is ambient == 20 C. There are some benefit to living in Canada! Here (Australia) our ambient temperatures (and the motherboard temperatures) creep up to the high 30s in summer; now (our Spring) it is 24 deg C and the CPU temperature is (currently) 44 deg C. Yesterday, during a Systems backup, the CPU temperature reached 62 deg C! And the computer still works today! But, one day my luck will run out. > > What controlls your fans? > I do not think that the fan (I have only one) is the problem. Otherwise the MB temperature would also be higher. Thank you for sharing your experience, Felix -- Felix Karpfen Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
