Anybody using Pentium 4 for Linux?

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:14:16 -0400

Thanks for the answer.  Just what I was looking for.  Again, the failure was not due to software but most likely dust, dry air.  I clean probably every 3 to 6 months, depends on the environment.  The mobo wasn't really dirty at all but had enough dust in key areas.

"J.Francois" <frenchie@magusnet.com> wrote:

>This is a strange thread.
>
>I have a heavily used fileserver as follows:
>FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #3: Sat Aug 17 09:37:14 MST 2002
>CPU: Pentium 4 (1593.54-MHz 686-class CPU)
>  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf12  Stepping = 2
>  Features=0x3febfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,<b28>,ACC>
>real memory  = 520093696 (507904K bytes)
>
>I bought it at PC-Club on AlmaSchool/Southern last year and I have had "zero" problems with it.
>In that time I have had multiple power outages due to storms and had the UPS run down.
>That in itself is a bad thing to have happen to power supplies since I have not enabled
>auto-powerdown.
>I have had my AC out and the room at over 100degrees-F for extended periods.
>
>I had my UPS die while I was in Denver and for 2 days the relay in the UPS unit clicked
>power on, power off  to all my systems at approx. 2 second increments. This happened last week.
>When I finally got home and removed the UPS, they all powered up.
>
>Now after the above I *know* that all on my power supplies are degraded and I still
>haven't experienced any P4 or other processor issues.
>I just don't see how any kernel could cause a failure like the one described.
>I worked in Component Level Electronics for 6 years and never heard of anything like
>capacitors exploding caused by software.
>
>I do vacuum or use compressed air on all system internals every 30 days.
>If I didn't I am sure I would have more outages related to hardware.
>
>
>> >On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 08:53 AM, KevinO wrote:
>> >
>> >> This sounds like you have a very serious power supply problem.
>> >> Electrolytic
>> >> caps don't generally explode unless you run them backwards or with
>> >> significantly excessive voltage. I strongly suspect the later in this
>> >> case.
>> >> Probably most everything that was in the box at the time is 'hurt' at
>> >> this point.
>> >
>> >Actually, he might have had the same problems I have had (I have had
>> >capacitors blown on two motherboards).  The first time, I forgot to
>> >read the documentation and inserted a processor into a motherboard it
>> >wasn't approved for (if you care, I inserted a Athlon XP processor into
>> >an Athlon motherboard).  The second time this happened, my best guess
>> >was that a short occurred because of the massive amounts of dust that
>> >collected inside the case.  In both cases, the only damage done was to
>> >my pride, pocketbook, and motherboard.
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