At 4:37am +0200 10/15/02, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Ben, I checked the datasheet for the part shown in the lspci dump, and it
shows an operating temperature of 0-55 degrees C. You said you measured 50
degrees C, so you're within the safe range. Did the fans help?
The thermometer he used likely showed a much lower temperature than what was
actually on the die. 5-10 C more are not unlikely. It's hard to measure chip
temperatures accurately without an on die thermal diode or special kit.
So I would expect that when an external normal thermometer showed 50C
it was already operating out of spec.
The datasheet's for the card, so the operating temperature is surely
ambient, not die temperature. "Ambient measured how?" would be a
reasonable question, though.
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/Jonathan Lundell.
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