[Bioclusters] problems with AMD Athlon 2000+ MP
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Sun, 29 Dec 2002 20:49:17 -0600
Hi William,
Thank you so much. Our power supply in each node is Lemacs (model
P1M6400P). I will look into the power supply and see if that might be the
culprit.
PS. The fans seem to be making good contact with the CPU's. But, we
haven't tried a heat sink compound yet. Maybe that will be our next step?
-Bonnie
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On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 08:01:02PM -0600, BHurwitz@twt.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We have a 20 CPU cluster which has AMD Athlon 2000+ MP processors. The
> cluster is relatively new and almost every week we loose one or two nodes
> due to the processors failing. I think the issue may be heat related, so
> we tried separating the nodes, increasing the airflow with a fan, and
> dropping the temp in the server room. None of these attempts have
helped.
> We have also tried to replace the fans. Has anyone ever had a similar
> problem? How did you resolve it? Are pentium III more stable?
>
> Thank you in advance!
> Bonnie
- Check that CPU fan are making good contact with CPU. Use heatsink
compound, if you have to.
- I think your culprit may be power supply. Good case and power
supply cannot be over-emphasized. I recommend Antec or Enlight.
- Intel runs a lot cooler. P3 is more stable, but don't have the
crunching power of AMD 2000+. If you have the money, go for
quad-Xeon.
--
William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry@yahoo.ca>
Linux solution for data management and processing.
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