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On Sun, 27 May 2018 01:50:35 +0200 (CEST) |
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<mad.scientist.at.large@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> i have a machine i just put lm sensors etc. on. xsensors shows |
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> "Vcore" fluctuating between 1.12 and 1.3v. stays at 1.12V when |
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> idling but increases with load. Is this remotely normal behavior for |
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> an athlon chip in a desk top? It's either some sort of throttling or |
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> the Vcore power supply is failing, obviously i'd like to know which. |
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> If it's the power supply i can likely fix it if it needs to be |
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> fixed. Also occurs to me that xsensors could be usefull tracking |
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> down intermittent issues. I used it to monitor a power supply i |
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> wasn't sure about for about a week and it stayed nice. |
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> mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) |
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If you have cpu frequency scaling options enabled (in kernel[1]) and |
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Cool'n'Quiet[2] in BIOS, that should be normal. |
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[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Power_management/Processor |
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[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool%27n%27Quiet |
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