[GLLUG] redhat 7.3 install problem on Compaq computer

[Melson, Paul]

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6291

I don't know if you've got one of the newer Presario laptops, but you
may find this article useful.

If you can get lm_sensors (http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/) working,
you can find the CPU temp that way.  But since you're having trouble
getting through the install, that may not be feasible.  There's also
gp_Temp for Win32, which you can get here:
http://www.benchtest.com/downloads/index.html

Though, if I had to guess, CPU temp isn't the issue.  It's been my
experience that Windows is much more sensitive to CPU overheating than
Linux is.  Good luck!

PaulM

PS - RedHat 8.0 is out, and includes support for some newer hardware.
It requires more disk space than 7.3 does, but I've found that it fixed
a lot of the USB and PCMCIA support issues that were present in 7.x.

-----Original Message-----
From: Yao-Ying Chien [mailto:chieny@pilot.msu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 9:25 AM
To: Mike Rambo
Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] redhat 7.3 install problem on Compaq computer


Hi Mike,

Thanks for your wonderful reply, I will try your suggestions. And you
are right that "they attached a plastic shield to the power supply to
try and make the p.s. fan draw air past the cpu heatsink".

The same computer is also running Windows 2000 pro for months
continuously. Does that rule out the memory, CPU heat, reseating, hard
drive? Or Linux has higher standards for hardware?

One of the suggestions I found from google search was,

  boot: Linux noubs

I tried, but it didn't work.

How do I know the temperature of CPU? Any favorite softwares?

Many thanks,

Yao


>Yao-Ying Chien wrote:
>>
><snip many symptoms>
>>
>> Sounds hardware issue?
>>
>
>That's exactly what it sounds like to me - and I'd look at memory first
>and foremost. Also try reseating any/all cards including any riser
cards
>that may plug into the main board (or the main board if it plugs into
>the riser). Check that your heatsink is affixed to the cpu solidly and
>that the fan is running (if any). I used to work for a Compaq
authorized
>servicer, and though I don't recall which models were involved at the
>time, I do recall they had a tendency to cut corners to lower costs.
>They'd do strange things like not putting fans on cpu's which clearly
>needed them and then just attaching a plastic sheild to the power
supply
>to try and make the p.s. fan draw air past the cpu heatsink. How hot
>does the cpu get?
>
>1) memory
>2) reseat everything
>3) cpu heat
>4) if all else fails do a bad block check on your drive(s)
>
>BTW, reseating can often mean more than just unplugging and reinserting
>one time. As oxidation on the contacts is usually what you're fighting
>it is good to shove the cards in and out of the slot several times -
the
>friction of repeated actions will generally be enough to clean off the
>oxidation for another year or so.
>
>
>--
>Mike Rambo
>mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us


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