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List:       linux-smp
Subject:    RE: lm-sensors
From:       iehrenwald () earthlink ! net
Date:       1999-09-27 21:50:06
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On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Green, David wrote:

> Ian,
> 	A suggestion: Check your "system" temperature. Are you running a
> BP-6 motherboard? Many motherboards with a BX chipset run the board
> controller too hot. On the BP-6 the green heatsink (board controller
> heatsink) is put on withouth any thermal paste, tape, or thermal glue. This
> makes the board controller overheat and lock up while your CPU chips are
> running fine. To remedy it, pinch in the expanding rivets that hold on the
> heatsink and remove the sink, grease it with heatsink grease ($1.99 at radio
> shack) and replace the heatsink. This may solve your problem without the
> lmsensors (I've had several issues with lmsensors). 

[nod nod nod]  Exactly what is happening.  Sometime this week after work
I'll have to stop by RS and pick up the grease.  Thanks for the tip.

		Ian Ehrenwald


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