[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk overheating on VIA Epia M Series motherboard

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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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