[mythtvnz] Production ready state of 0.21

[David Lowe]

Yes I will have a look at cooling. They get up to 60 degrees under load but
cool quickly back to around 30 once the process finishes. 100 degrees would
scare me and I haven't seen that (yet..) Thanks for the feedback.

- D

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
[mailto:mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of James Gray
Sent: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 12:36 p.m.
To: MythTV in NZ
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Production ready state of 0.21

David Lowe wrote:
>
> Yes I agree - it was a smooth upgrade and some nice new features, but 
> I do get a sense that CPUs are getting a workout. I have temperature 
> sensors that warn me if things are getting too hot - transcoding makes 
> them scream. On the other hand, I'm using everything a lot more now 
> than I used to (because the family is gradually getting to grips with 
> it) so it might be nothing to do with the upgrade; I could be just 
> pushing the box to its limits.
>
> - D
>
Maybe your CPUs aren't being cooled well enough, or your temperature 
sensors are set too low? Your CPU should slowly heat to a nominal 
operating temperature (generally around 25-50 degrees celcius, depending 
on your CPU), which should remain stable, maybe increasing by about 10 
degrees under load.

If, on the other hand, your CPU just keeps heating up (especially past 
60-70 degrees and continues), then you have a cooling issue. I've seen 
this especially on laptops that have heatsinks clogged with dust... the 
temperature just keeps climbing to around 100 degrees then they crash.
>
> *From:* mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz 
> [mailto:mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz] *On Behalf Of *Cameron 
> McConnochie
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 21 May 2008 10:51 a.m.
> *To:* MythTV in NZ
> *Subject:* Re: [mythtvnz] Production ready state of 0.21
>
> I found it a little more demanding on my graphics card - xorg CPU went 
> through the roof but it provided me the motivation I needed to finally 
> move to nvidia. Other than that the upgrade was a very smooth transition.
>
> 2008/5/21 Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com 
> <mailto:stevehodge at gmail.com>>:
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Dean Pemberton 
> <dean at deanpemberton.com <mailto:dean at deanpemberton.com>> wrote:
>
>     So it might be time to look at upgrading the MythTV box to 0.21.
>     Is anyone still seeing any instability issues with 0.21?
>
>
> No problems here (Gentoo 0.21)p16867).
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
>
>
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