Hi !

In my Dual-celeron box, with 2 processors slightly overclocked, I get a
43°C-50°C range for normal operation (no idle time, thanks to RC5-64).
The 2nd processor is always 1 degree under the first one, due to air flow.
And temperatures are taken directly with the on-die sensors.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel Bouyer" <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
To: "Andrew Gillham" <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
Cc: "Jarom?r Dole?ek" <dolecek@ibis.cz>; <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: recommendation for MP box ?


> 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.