Subject: Re: recommendation for MP box ?
To: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/30/2000 21:38:22
On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 02:29:44PM -0400, Andrew Gillham wrote:
> I have a BP6, and it has been working very well for me.  Three of my friends
> have them also, and think it is great also.  About the only thing I've
> seen that is odd is that my CPUs run quite hot (according to the LMxx chip)
> while none of my friend's do.  I think my sensors may just be miscalibrated.
> I'm seeing tempatures like 110.F while my friend's with similar CPUs, ambient
> tempatures, fans, etc. see something like 92.F
> 

I'm not sure these in-CPU sensors can really be trusted. On my system,
at power up or when idle, envstat reports 17.C for the CPU (as does the BIOS)
although the room is at 25.C (and has been for hours). The system and chassis
sensors report more sensible values.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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