[ale] k7s5a motherboard

[John Wells]

Geoffrey,

A few links:

http://www.geocities.com/amd_info/
http://139.95.253.213/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=54,E=0000000000042502344,K=8839,Sxi=4,Case=obj(3737)
http://139.95.253.213/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=54,E=0000000000042502344,K=8839,Sxi=4,Case=obj(109)



Geoffrey said:
> 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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