Re: Kernel lockups on dual-Athlon board -- help wanted

[John Heil <kerndev@sc-software.com>]

On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:50:35 -0400
> From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
> To: Johannes Erdfelt <johannes@erdfelt.com>
> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
>     Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Subject: Re: Kernel lockups on dual-Athlon board -- help wanted
> 
> Johannes Erdfelt <johannes@erdfelt.com>:
> > > different design?  Because the K7 Thunder is, AFAIK, the only dual-Athlon
> > > 1200 board that exists right now.  
> > 
> > I suspect he means same design, different physical hardware.
> 
> Yes, he said so in a reply.
>  
> > > 2. Do you know of anyone else successfully running 2.4 over an AMD 760
> > > support chipset?
> > 
> > I am.
> > 
> > I have had some cooling problems with some of the hardware in the past.
> > 
> > > 3. Which components do you think are likely to be implicated?  Bad memory
> > > is an obvious guess, I suppose.
> > 
> > Cooling most likely. What kind of system is this? Rackmount? Desktop
> > case?
> 
> Server case.  Seems to be running pretty cool -- the processor heatsinks
> are warm to the touch but not hot.  We've got a power-supply fan, two coolers,
> and two case fans.  Did you find you needed more than that?

You might try a heat sink & fan on the north bridge chip.
Also your cpu fans ought to be of the 7+K RPM variety.

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