cpu overheating

[Mike McCarty]

Mike Chalmers wrote:
> On 12/12/06, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 

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>>
>> Of course it's a hardware problem. I haven't said otherwise.
>>
>> I'd just like to find out what this "random" piece of software
>> is. If we find that xinetd or X or clockapplet is consuming 94.6% of his

See below.

>> CPU, is this not something worth knowing? OTOH, if we find that he
>> is running GIMPS, well, we know that's going to heat up his system,
>> and we can all forget about it.
>>
>> Then he needs to clean out his case. If that doesn't work, then
>> he just has a marginal design, which is not uncommon.

> Yes, the problem was caused by hardware. I cleaned out my computer,
> and it was pretty bad. Besides the cooling the hardware is good. I am
> waiting on some new hardware also, cpu fan and power supply, case fans
> and a new case. That should fix this problem.
> 
> The question is why doesn't it do this on Windows when I run cpu
> intensive apps. I believe in Windows that it was close to overheating
> though.

Well, that I dunno. However, to find out (and to beat a very
dead horse) run top.

And, I am sorry for missing the fact that some had already identified
the software which is CPU intensive. I apologize for the oversight.

Mike
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