Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:04:32 -0400 (EDT) | From | Justin Piszcz <> | Subject | Re: System (motherboard/CPU?) emits high pitch noise when processor.ko is loaded. |
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On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> And that's news exactly how? ;) > Systems and their switching regulators (and especially their backing > coils) have been making noise for more than half a decade now, > depending on which activities frequency is currently taking place > on the system. > > OTOH this means that in your case, maybe some interval in the processor module > (or somewhere related) is ill-chosen (leading to significant, audible differences > between busy/idle state) and should be changed. > > For example, with HZ settings 100 can cause quite a bit of noise on some > machines, whereas 1000 is better, IIRC. And that could be similar for some > processing in this module. > > Andreas >
Hi,
Ok, well I never had that happen before when loading that module-- although I never normally ran it except for testing purposes, so it was news to me :)
CPU was i870 & mobo = DP55KG for reference and I use a HZ setting of 1000.
Justin.
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