[ale] k7s5a motherboard

[Geoffrey]

John Wells wrote:
> Geoffrey,
> 
> For your reference, I have a Athlon 2200+ that runs average of 44 degrees
> celcius idle on the die, and can hit upwards of 50 degrees under heavy
> extended load.  This is in a rather hot room, with four case fans, and
> card cooler, and a Volcano 6cu+.
> 
> I was running at around 53 degrees idle with a different heat sink, and
> close to 58 at full load.
> 
> According to AMD, those were acceptable temps.  However, according the the
> *very* helpful tech support people at tcwo.com, that was a bit high.
> 
> Anyway, I suspect your temps are actually pretty good.  Granted, it'd be
> better to be in the 30s, but I don't forsee you having any problems.
> 
> Max "death" temp for the 1800 iirc is 90 degrees and for the 2200 85 degrees.

That makes more sense to me, I really didn't see 45C to be that high.  A 
pointer to some amd docs would be appreciated, I've not been able to 
locate any myself.

> 
> Good luck!
> 
> John
> 
> 
>  Dow Hurst said:
> 
>>You might want to put a Zalman Copper/Aluminum Heat Sink with the
>>special large adjustable rate fan.  Zalman has a kit.  I put it in mine
>>and it has kept the heat down.  Unfortunately, I don't have number for
>>you but I do know that the guys at Ginstar who helped me install it were
>> impressed with the performance and reduction in sound level.  You could
>> just replace the thermal compound and retry.  Of course, if you don't
>>have a good bond you would probably just melt the CPU.
>>
>>Putting in lots of fans is okay but the path of the heat evacuation has
>>to be thought thru.  You really need to not be recirculating hot air
>>around the CPU.  I had some problems with this until I switched to a
>>power supply that had a fan pulling in air from the CPU and another
>>pushing that same air out of the case.  Too many fans can actually
>>create whirpool eddies in the case that just recirc hot air.
>>Dow
>>
>>
>>Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I did get the k7s5a mb and it appears everything is supported.  I've
>>>got sensors working, the intergrated nic and sound to some extent.
>>>There's actually a page on this particular board and linux someone put
>>> together.
>>>
>>>Question though.  It appears my cpu is running hot.  Sensors say the
>>>max is 45C and it's now at 44, it was at 46 yesterday and I shut the
>>>box down.  I've got a heatsink/fan on the cpu as well as one fan in
>>>the front of the box pulling air in and the ps fan pulling it out.  I
>>>added another fan last night to pull air out the back, but I'm still
>>>running on the edge of the limits.
>>>
>>>The box did lock up the other day for no apparent reason.  I assume it
>>> might be a heat issue.  Interestingly enough, it had been running for
>>> a couple of days 24 hours with no problems, but the sides were not
>>>assembled, which could have provided some heat relief.  I think I'll
>>>pull the sides off again and see if the temp drops.
>>>
>>>I do have one fan pulling air in and two pulling it out, so I guess I
>>>could look at adding another to pull air in, although I'd have to
>>>either modify the case or add one of those slot fans.
>>>
>>>Suggestions would be appreciated.
>>>
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