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755578 2009-03-11 17:15:00 Lol @ you 2

Don't worry erayd, I know what you mean ;)

Anyway... regards overheating.. it shouldn't be. The heatsink is an XP90 with SilenX fan and AM2 bracket. Just checked fan is revolving, and air from fan is quite cool (though not compiling anything right now). What cli tools does Linux have to confirm this? (I don't have conky or gkrellm installed)

Will run memtest now.
Will let you know how that went after work
Myth (110)
755579 2009-03-11 18:56:00 I would suspect the memory as well, but it wouldn't hurt to check the hard drive too.

Do you have lm-sensors installed?
Jen (38)
755580 2009-03-11 21:39:00 Yeah grab the lm_sensors package then run sensors-detect. It'll run through a scanning process, setup the relevant .conf files automatically, then just run: sensors
:)
Chilling_Silence (9)
755581 2009-03-11 23:34:00 +1 to Chill's reply

Also if you want hard disk temps, install hddtemp. Gsmartcontrol is another package thats very good for checking disk health if you have a SMART enabled drive.
Brooko (8444)
755582 2009-03-12 03:46:00 Thanks for the heads up Brooko, I might install those on a few boxes tonight and give the apps a whirl :) Chilling_Silence (9)
755583 2009-03-12 07:58:00 Ok...
Memtest reports (after 10 passes) there are no errors
Smartmontools passed both SATA drives
hddtemps reports both drives at about 48-50 degrees C
sensors reports the cpu running at a cool 17 degrees C

I dont have another linux box for ssh, so might use other XP box and throw something like putty on it. And wait....

erayd, You mentioned some other things... keep an eye on your messenger tomorrow ;) (too knackered tonight)
Myth (110)
755584 2009-03-12 08:27:00 Holy Santaclaus that CPU is cool!

HDD temp is pretty average ...

Running a stock kernel?
Chilling_Silence (9)
755585 2009-03-12 09:42:00 This is a question as I know naff all about linux, esp when it goes wrong - But does Linux have the equivalent of windows event Viewer ?

1 Thing that wouldn't change no matter what the OS is - does the HDD activity light on the case stay on solid when it locks - meaning the HDD is trying to work but cant ?
wainuitech (129)
755586 2009-03-12 09:49:00 How on Earth is your CPU running that cool? beeswax34 (63)
755587 2009-03-12 10:17:00 Yeah it does, its the file /var/log/messages

However ... when the kernel hard-locks Im not sure it gets written to :-/
Chilling_Silence (9)
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