Llano and 1333 RAM

[ShrimpBrime]

Originally Posted by guesirwowghr

TMPIN1 temp is at 95 as soon as you start it...

TMPIN1 is not the cpu temp.

TMPIN0 is the cpu temp. This temp with one core loaded should be the same as the bios readout. Bios uses a core while running, not sure why, but it's always been that way. Bios will not give you a 4 core loaded temp readout.

Also, when you see a temp spike a good place to look is the cores. Yes the core temps aren't exactly accurate unless under a full load, but it will give you an idea what a spike is and how high up it goes.

All you need to really know is that the LLano processors actually respond better to cooler temps than adding tons of voltage. There's been many discussions as to why the chips are binned with such a high voltage when they should easily run 3ghz or less at 1.25v give or take.

The platform is definitely an adventure. This I gave to my kids as HTPC and kiddie gamer. Works out pretty well for the most part. It's just too slow for me to call it a gaming machine.

[guesirwowghr]

Originally Posted by ShrimpBrime

TMPIN1 is not the cpu temp.

TMPIN0 is the cpu temp. This temp with one core loaded should be the same as the bios readout. Bios uses a core while running, not sure why, but it's always been that way. Bios will not give you a 4 core loaded temp readout.

Also, when you see a temp spike a good place to look is the cores. Yes the core temps aren't exactly accurate unless under a full load, but it will give you an idea what a spike is and how high up it goes.

All you need to really know is that the LLano processors actually respond better to cooler temps than adding tons of voltage. There's been many discussions as to why the chips are binned with such a high voltage when they should easily run 3ghz or less at 1.25v give or take.

The platform is definitely an adventure. This I gave to my kids as HTPC and kiddie gamer. Works out pretty well for the most part. It's just too slow for me to call it a gaming machine.

Mine's only a dual core. A4. In the SS, you can see a few of the games I run. It does what I need it to. It runs all games I have. It does decent video rendering, though I can't do anything else while video rendering... It just does what I need, for now. Also, the main reason I think that the TMPIN1 reading is completely wrong is because of how intense of a jump it is... Jumping from 65C to 95C in a second?... That's too insane. It's too insane of a temperature, even without being a spike.

[ShrimpBrime]

The TMPIN1 spike your seeing is likely the mosfets.

No need to worry, most mosfets can run up to 220c before melting down.

[guesirwowghr]

Good to know. Thanks!