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From: Corbin Bird <corbinbird@charter.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Precision Workstation Overheating
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 21:26:00 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d891cfbc-a23e-28dd-5845-2001df53be5d@charter.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAD4mYg2qjZ5KKFNW_tz5RKyB6_wj44-FaxydNor3VU+t4TJ0Q@mail.gmail.com>

What are the Dell system specs?

( Heatsink on a CPU? .... How old is this system ? )

On 04/19/2018 08:22 PM, R0b0t1 wrote:
> I was compiling Gentoo, as is custom, but found my old new server to
> be thermal cycling wildly. The fans will turn on full blast and
> machine check errors will be generated if I use approximately more
> than one third to half of the cores. The cores then throttle
> themselves, only to immediately overheat once the throttle lifts. This
> seems to persist on Windows, though Windows seems to be much more
> conservative in its CPU usage, and triggers MCEs less.
>
> Any suggestions? I repasted the CPU and heatsink interface, and the
> machine is not loaded with dust. It was hardly ever used. The MCEs
> seem to be a "normal" part of operation, though less normal on
> Windows.
>
> Is there a way to at least mimic the conservative CPU usage that
> Windows exhibits?
>
> Cheers,
>      R0b0t1
>



  reply	other threads:[~2018-04-20  2:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-04-20  1:22 [gentoo-user] Dell Precision Workstation Overheating R0b0t1
2018-04-20  2:26 ` Corbin Bird [this message]
2018-04-20  2:33   ` R0b0t1
2018-04-20  3:16     ` mad.scientist.at.large
2018-04-20 11:55     ` Corbin Bird
2018-04-20 12:21       ` Mick
2018-04-20 14:11         ` R0b0t1
2018-04-20 14:40           ` Mick
2018-04-20 14:42           ` Corbin Bird
2018-04-20 14:43           ` Dale
2018-05-07 23:29         ` mad.scientist.at.large
2018-04-20  2:58 ` Adam Carter
2018-04-20 14:25 ` Rich Freeman

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