On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Thomas Ribbrock (Design/DEG) wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 08:56:26AM -0600, Bill Carlson wrote:
> [...]
> > I've checked and double checked the jumpers and voltage settings. I am in
> > touch with the vendor of the system (Arista), they mentioned they had
> > heard rumors that this particular motherboard runs hot. It doesn't help
> > that this is a 1U rackmount system, the only heatsink that will fit is the
> > same garden variety one would expect to find on an old Pentium 166.
>
> Ok, that explains a thing or two... I'd consider an ordinary heatsink
> (i.e. without fan) as not efficient enough for a K6-2, that's for sure.
> However, you might get away with lowering the core voltage by 0.1V below
> what's printed on the CPU - that would cut down on heat dissipation as well.
> Make sure to run a few high load tests after that to verify stability.
> Oh - and give it some grease... ;-)
>
> Other than that this 1U rack does sound interesting... :-)
I'm sorry, the system does have enough to mount a heatsink and fan, just
not a very big heatsink/fan. I've yet to see anything above a Pentium 133
run without a fan...
The box is very solid, once I work out the stablility issues...I have yet
to be able to compile a kernel 3 times in a row without a freeze.
Bill Carlson
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