ral Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 I installed LM sensors and was monitoring my CPU temps. I noitced that it was running 3-4C hotter than normal. I decided to compare Windows XP with Mandrake Linux 10 idle temps, and it appears that Mandrake runs about 2-3C hotter than Windows XP. Has anyone noticed or confirmed this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 I actually had the opposite when I was running me and 9.0. Perhaps I should check it out now; I haven't really tried it with 10 and xp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkrekula Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 I also see the opposite. In Windows XP, my AMD 1800 XP runs 4-5 degrees hotter than Mandrake 9.2/10.0. /Kenneth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 It depends on your ACPI setup, Mine seems to reach 50 degrees then stick the fan into overdrive and bring it down I think wondows does run a bit cooler tho. But I havent got any proggies in windex to know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 (edited) linux has always run a few hotter for me on 2 diff pc's. But is it? How are you getting the temps? cat /proc/acpi/* In win I have software. In lin I can also use software (gkrellm or whatever) Gkrellm>lmsensors (whilch can be adjusted) shows a diff reading than the /proc filesystem by just a few degrees. I'm no hardware guru to say the least, but I think that is what we are seeing...a software interpretation of what's really happening. I'd imagine that if you booted both xp and mandrake>login>idle for 30 minutes>reboot to the bios and checked it there.....you'd see the same reading. I haven't done it because in that short period of time your temp can change a few degrees. Apples and oranges. :D Is not this controlled by the acpi interface? technically, xp runs a lot hotter than lin for me because I'm usually in it to play games, running it up to 50-55C :P cmr04 *.wmv http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~dds250/movie/cmr04demo.wmv Edited May 6, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 There are a couple of possible explanations for this. 1. The configuration of either your windows monitoring program or your linux monitoring program (in this case lmsensors) is miscalibrated. Use the pc health section in your bios to find out the real temperature. 2. There are some programs running in the background of your mandrake, taking cpu power (so it's not idle). Check what programs those are and if need be, kill them. 3. There are certain programs in linux and windows that sends "CPU IDLE instructions to the CPU" I know in linux it was named athcool (google for it), but I dunno what its name in windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 aRTee use to have an athcool config tip thingy; http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 linux has always run a few hotter for me on 2 diff pc's. But is it? How are you getting the temps?cat /proc/acpi/* In win I have software. In lin I can also use software (gkrellm or whatever) Gkrellm>lmsensors (whilch can be adjusted) shows a diff reading than the /proc filesystem by just a few degrees. I'm no hardware guru to say the least, but I think that is what we are seeing...a software interpretation of what's really happening. I'd imagine that if you booted both xp and mandrake>login>idle for 30 minutes>reboot to the bios and checked it there.....you'd see the same reading. I haven't done it because in that short period of time your temp can change a few degrees. Apples and oranges. :D Is not this controlled by the acpi interface? technically, xp runs a lot hotter than lin for me because I'm usually in it to play games, running it up to 50-55C :P cmr04 *.wmv http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~dds250/movie/cmr04demo.wmv Actually this was my thought when I looked at the thread the other day (0) posts. But since I dont have XP (or any winBlows) I didnt say anything. If your really worried before trying anything else do like bvc says and reboot into bios and check. Beats spending ages tweaking stuff only to find it was just reported different ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brancalessio Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Hi! How can I see the CPU temperature (and similar stuff) in Windows? I know how to do it only in Linux... Thanks for your help! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plati Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Hi! How can I see the CPU temperature (and similar stuff) in Windows? I know how to do it only in Linux... Thanks for your help! :D For windows, you could get something like Motherboard Monitor A laptop may heat differently as the "Designed For Windows XP" ones usually take commands from a process running on Windows. But in terms of a desktop, I havent noticed any difference, this could be because my fan speeds etc. arent controlled by the motherboard or software since I have a frontmount fanspeed/rhoebus controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ral Posted May 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Use speedfan :) http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 On a self built box check the cd that came with it, it usually comes with one, like in my case WindBond WinDoctor or something. Even if it am OEM pc or some generic variation or even name brand, find out what mobo/bios version it is and mosey on over the the manufacturer/bios websites, find out what it uses and see if it's downloadable from them.....I'd think it would be, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Yes, every mb I get now has a temp utility. The good ones report the bios temp directly. I am sure that you can download any of these utilities from the manufacturer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamS Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 ral, how did you make gkrellm show temps in mdk10? I have 10CE with all updates, and have never seen temps. Or voltages. Both showed in 9.1 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 For those who dont know, ttake a look in /prock/acpi THeres lotsa cool info in there. Also lots of cool features you can activate like processor throttling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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