[ale] k7s5a motherboard

Calvin Harrigan charrig at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 21 21:50:45 EDT 2002


What kind/speed processor do you have?
45C  is not too bad for an athlon CPU.  My 800 runs at about 40-45, my 1800 
runs at about 48-53C.  Ambient temp about 75 F.
I'll leave the conversion for you to do...  :-)

Calvin...


At 08:42 AM 10/21/02 -0400, you 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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