From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:28:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:28:18 -0500 Received: from c17870.thoms1.vic.optusnet.com.au ([210.49.248.224]:62159 "EHLO mail.kolivas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:28:17 -0500 From: Con Kolivas To: Herman Oosthuysen , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows temperature anomaly Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:38:44 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030303123029.GC20929@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <3E66842F.9020000@WirelessNetworksInc.com> In-Reply-To: <3E66842F.9020000@WirelessNetworksInc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303061038.44872.kernel@kolivas.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:11 am, Herman Oosthuysen wrote: > Jonathan Lundell wrote: > > We've been seeing a curious phenomenon on some PIII/ServerWorks CNB30-LE > > systems. > > > > The systems fail at relatively low temperatures. While the failures are > > So, the puzzle: what might account for temperature sensitivity, of all > > things, under Linux 2.4.9-31 (RH 7.2), but not Win2K? > > Linux is more 'busy' than windoze and I have heard of boxes frying when > running Linux. The solution is to find a better motherboard > manufacturer... That doesn't make sense. His post said the temperature was 20 degrees lower when it failed. Con