 Certian Process Causes Cpu To Overheat, /dev/null |
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 Mar 9 2008, 07:44 PM
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"cat /dev/urandom > /dev/null", to be specific. With that running on both cores, the CPU temp alarm tripped at 60C. With other processes, like Folding@home running on both cores, the CPU tends to stay somewhere around 35C. Is this something I should be worried about and fix, or is it nothing and I should just not run that command anymore? (I ran it as a stress test). OS: Ubuntu 7.10 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2 GB RAM. 1 80MM fan, 1 120MM fan -------------------- "Some people are just plain crazy. END OF STORY.
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Mar 10 2008, 09:31 AM
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 Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 8,908 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/null
I think you'd be better off posting this in the Linux forum. I seen this discussed in various Linux forums but never with a reasonable clear-cut answer -------------------- Mark
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