Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 21 May 2002 16:44:01 -0400 | | From | Ion Badulescu <> | | Subject | Re: Asus a7m266d stability issues |
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On Tue, 21 May 2002 16:07:24 -0400 (EDT), Nicholas L. D'Imperio <dimperio@physics.dyndns.org> wrote:
>> > I'm getting kernel panics using the A7m266d smp motherboard and kernel >> > 2.4.18 as soon as the system is put under load. > > I have 1800+MP processors and my PSU is 400W. Of course I also have the > little four prong connector plugged in as well.
This points very strongly towards an overheating problem. The 1800+ and higher CPU's run very hot. Any imperfection in the cooling setup, be it lack of thermal paste, undersized heatsink/fan combination, improperly seated heatsink, and even insufficient airflow around the CPU's and inside the chassis, can and will cause crashes under load.
I had this exact problem a few weeks ago with a dual Athlon 1U setup. It turned out that the aluminum heatsinks I had previously used for the 1.2GHz Athlons weren't good enough for the 1900+, and also that the chassis fans were circulating enough air. Switching to copper heatsinks got rid of 95% of the crashes, and adding a chassis fan got rid of the remaining 5%.
Ion
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