On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2010-Aug-14 20:30:44 -0700, Doug Barton <dougb_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> It DOESN'T happen with loads that produce a lot more heat than my >> typical desktop workloads (like say, make -j2 buildworld). > > Whilst I also doubt it's hardware, it's worth noting that flash > (or other multimedia workload) is likely to stress different areas > of the CPU than makeworld, I was responding to the heat question, not cpu load. Other than that, you're right of course. :) > Have you checked to see if there's a BIOS upgrade available? Yes I have, and no there isn't. > Other possibilities: > - Have you tried running a uniprocessor kernel? That one I haven't tried, thanks for the suggestion! > - If your CPU supports LM, have you tried an amd64 kernel? I haven't, mostly because in the past some things I wanted were not available in amd64. I'm running a C2D in i386/SMP. Trying amd64 is a bit more of a jump, but when I get my HD repartitioned I can try 7.3 i386 and -current amd64 ... back to the drawing board ... Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo PicassoReceived on Mon Aug 16 2010 - 03:23:07 UTC
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