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Sorry to say, but the Old Girl may have to retire from crunching, permanently. 
Because she runs on Linux I have no way of "throttling back" the CPU ... no method I've found works. They is very thin on the ground anyway.
I have replace the HSF, not a great one ... my old "Hedgehog" actually noisy bugger though, that should have reduced the heat a little more than the older one ... err, it actually increased. Back to the original.
This CPU has ALWAYS run hot, or should I say, hotter than other AMD Athlon XP 2500s ... normal temp doing normal run-of-the-mill stuff is 40c, if I tax it any, the temp will pop up-to 45c, however, when crunching it rapidly increases to 56-63c ... err, that is a little too hot and she has told me so by shutting down and freezing.
Yep, I know, I used to say I have a PC that runs @ 50c & up, but not no more.
She's a good Old Girl so I ain't gonna be asking her to get too stressed out ...
I'll tag a ride with my brother next time he goes to the computer show and have a good look for a replacement HSF ... that may be some time in the future as he doesn't often go these days. Bummer.
On a more cheerful note ...
The MJW PC has actually increased point production since moving him to Ubuntu ... no, not another advert for Linux,
but it was annoying to see the poor output from Mandriva ... strange?
The increase may not sound a lot @ an average of 40points per return compared to the 30ish he was producing, but when you convert that to WCG points that's a 30% increase.
Keep up the good work folks.
Because she runs on Linux I have no way of "throttling back" the CPU ... no method I've found works. They is very thin on the ground anyway.
I have replace the HSF, not a great one ... my old "Hedgehog" actually noisy bugger though, that should have reduced the heat a little more than the older one ... err, it actually increased. Back to the original.
This CPU has ALWAYS run hot, or should I say, hotter than other AMD Athlon XP 2500s ... normal temp doing normal run-of-the-mill stuff is 40c, if I tax it any, the temp will pop up-to 45c, however, when crunching it rapidly increases to 56-63c ... err, that is a little too hot and she has told me so by shutting down and freezing.
Yep, I know, I used to say I have a PC that runs @ 50c & up, but not no more.
She's a good Old Girl so I ain't gonna be asking her to get too stressed out ...
I'll tag a ride with my brother next time he goes to the computer show and have a good look for a replacement HSF ... that may be some time in the future as he doesn't often go these days. Bummer.
On a more cheerful note ...
The MJW PC has actually increased point production since moving him to Ubuntu ... no, not another advert for Linux,
but it was annoying to see the poor output from Mandriva ... strange?The increase may not sound a lot @ an average of 40points per return compared to the 30ish he was producing, but when you convert that to WCG points that's a 30% increase.
Keep up the good work folks.
