[ILUG] Re: Sleeping Beauty ;(

[Gerard Gorman]

Following Padraig's advice, I ran memtest86. I let it run for 17 hours (got to
test 6) with no errors occurring. When I reset the speed, I set the CPU bus
clock to 100Mhz, then I just turned down the CPU multiplier to 4x.
I'm more starting to feel like an idiot to have bought the thing. I never
guessed to was going to be so much of a problem temp. wish. Especially then it
was supplied with fin+fan. Humf!

Thanks again for all the advice,
g

Kenn Humborg wrote:

> Is it _just_ the processor that's now running slower, or
> is the whole motherboard bus running slower as well?
>
> If it's just the CPU, then it's unlikely to be a problem
> with the MB/RAM.
>
> However, given that RAM is easy to mess around with, I'd
> suggest that you pull RAM from a working machine and bung
> it into yours and see if it makes any difference.
>
> However, it is possible that previous overheating of the
> CPU has permanently damaged it.
>
> There's a lot to be said for on-board temperature sensors :-)
> Now if only Intel and AMD would put a solid state temperature
> sensor on the die (or at least embedded into the package) and
> bring it out to two pins for the motherboard's LM78 to sense.
>
> _That_ would be really useful...
>
> Later,
> Kenn