[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk overheating on VIA Epia M Seriesmotherboard

[Dustin Wildes]

Angus - I have several mini-itx systems based on the Epia MII6000 
(fanless) system.
They all run great, and I have no problems.  I also run 'mpg123' with 
several mp3s.
I run it in an embedded configuration (in house).

However, I do remember one board that I got where the heatsink on the 
CPU was loose which caused the thermal compound to be detached from the CPU.
I removed the heatsink and put a silver compound in the place of the 
other compound, and we were okay again.

My systems usually run around 45C->50C under load.


Angus Comber wrote:

> But the systems are sold in this configuration.  There is a fan 
> option.  I chose the fanless option.
>
> Angus
>
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> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk overheating on VIA Epia M 
> Seriesmotherboard
>
>
> As you suspected, the problem is the fact that you don't have a fan.
> Since a machine that runs just a file server does not require much CPU
> power, the CPU doesn't get too hot. However Asterisk does use lots of
> CPU, therefore the CPU is hot, and yes the problem of stopping to work
> is because of the CPU being overheated, you are lucky that the
> computer booted after that, in most cases the overheating of a CPU
> means that the CPU expanded too much, when you shut it down it cools
> off, and shrinks, which could result in cracking the CPU. You should
> never run a CPU without it's fan if it's meant to run with a fan. Even
> if running it just as a file server. The fact that you are lucky
> doesn't mean that you don't need a fan.
>
> On 9/5/05, Angus Comber <angus at iteloffice.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> I am running Asterisk on SUSE Linux Professional 9.3 on a VIA Epia M 
>> Series
>> motherboard - CPU runs at 1GHz.  There is no fan - just a large 
>> heatsink.
>> Currently system is running off standard IDE hard drive - because I 
>> couldn't
>> get astlinux to run with my Digium TDM04B card (only PCI card in 
>> system).
>>
>> Strangely I also have the same system also running SUSE Linux running 
>> as a
>> file server and that does not run so hot and does not overheat?  Why the
>> difference?
>>
>> Just booting up both systems for 15 minutes you can tell the Asterisk 
>> box is
>> quite a bit hotter.  Also the Asterisk box overheated (well think 
>> that was
>> the problem) and stopped operating as PBX at one stage.
>>
>> Anyone any experience of this sort of thing?  any ideas how to fix - 
>> ideally
>> I don't want to have to fit a fan.
>>
>> Is SUSE not the best distro to use for this sort of thing?  Should it be
>> something to take up with VIA?
>>
>> Angus
>>
>>
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