alcatel Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 when my pc is on for an hour or 2 suse 9.2 (64 bit) shuts down because its getting to hot ,i use powersave and i'm running at the half of my speed what could there be wrong ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarissi Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 The problem is not SuSE or powersave. It is the computer! Since you already mentioned an overheat problem, BIOS is shutting down the computer to protect it. This is independent of the OS. Check your heatsink/fan to be sure it is functioning. Check in between the fins of the heatsink to make sure they are clear of crud. make sure your case fans and power supply are crud free and the fans are operating (and correctly): Fans in rear of case blow hot air OUT, while fans on bottom front, and side panel, blow air IN. Another possible cause, is there is no thermal compound between cpu heatsink and cpu core. You need proper air flow through the case in order to keep things cool (hdds put out heat as well, and the faster the spindle speed (RPM), the greater the heat output). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcatel Posted March 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 i am really sure it isn't the pc itself because i dual boot with win xp and i can let it on for days without overheating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarissi Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 Hmmm....... Okay, that is weird. I am running 9.2 Pro (32 bit), and I noticed that IF you have a cable modem (or other) connected via ethernet nic, SuSE install insists on installing Samba Server and Client, even when you don't need it. This takes up alot of ram, and I would presume, cpu time as well. Could something like this be hogging your cpu, and thus generating heat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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