On 4/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jim Cornette</b> <<a href="mailto:fc-cornette@insight.rr.com">fc-cornette@insight.rr.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Chris Jones wrote:<br>><br>>><br>>> Do you see any change in temps right after you go from a system that has<br>>> been idle for a long period and after 5 or 10 minutes of use?<br>><br>> Well, depends what you mean by "use" - Do you have cpu speedstepping
<br>> working ? For me the cpu temp is a strong function of how fast the cpu<br>> is. Idling, it sits at 600MHz and with that the temps stay low. If I<br>> read a few emails etc. for 5-10 mins, this does not really work the cpu
<br>> so it stays at 600MHZ and the temps stay low.<br>> If I start really exercising the cpu, build a package etc., it goes up<br>> to its full 1500MHZ, and then the cpu warms up and gkrellm kicks in with<br>> the fans.
<br>><br>> I have not really paid that much attention to the temps, I will do and<br>> report back, but I cannot say I've noticed anything different to how it<br>> was with FC4.<br>><br>> cheers Chris<br>
><br>>><br>>> Clifford<br>>><br>><br>><br><br>My temperature and speed is about the same as in FC4 and earlier<br>versions of FC. gkrellm itself causes the cpu to go into the maximum<br>speed when I opened it for a few minutes. Closing it down again let
<br>things settle down again. Maybe gkrellm is the problem.<br><br>I have xscreensavers-base installed and do not see any speedup in cpu<br>utilization. I do not have gnome-screensaver installed either.<br><br>Jim<br><br>
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