FC5 2.6.17 runs hot with Athlon / athcool

[Klaasjan Brand]

On 7/10/06, Martin Ewing <ewing at ewing.homedns.org> wrote:
>
> I am running 2.6.17-1.2145_FC5 on an Athlon XP2000+ using athcool.  On
> previous kernels, my CPU temperature was about 39 C with athcool on or
> 50 C with athcool off.  That was really nice, allowing me to run a slow
> fan, etc.  I had no stability problems.
>
> With the present kernel and athcool on, I get 46 C, rising to ~50 C with
> athcool off.


Maybe there's some process hogging the CPU so it runs hotter? Did you try
with athcool off?

Klaasjan
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