[mythtv-users] Zotac ION logs

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Jim Stichnoth <stichnot at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Douglas Hitchcock
>> <clarkaddison at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> According to the specs, that fan is 23.4dBA.  Something like
>>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835191004&cm_re=silenx_60mm-_-35-191-004-_-Product
>>>> is more expensive, but only 12dBA.
>>>
>>> Ahh I missed that Spec sheet link, just looked over the page when I couldn't
>>> find it in the page, assumed it was a secret.  Make me the fool again why
>>> don't you ;-D
>>>
>>> I only have the single core ATOM too, I saw the 0 and 1 in the logs but it
>>> must be hyper-threading.  I thought I read that single you could usually get
>>> away with no fan while dual core you were probably pushing your luck.  Guess
>>> not!
>>
>> I have 3 of the IONITX-C (single core Atom) based frontends.  They are
>> fanless, and I do not treat them particularly well with respect to
>> ventilation.  I'm sure your M350 case is much better.  I've never seen
>> any heat-related problems, but it may just be that I don't have CPU
>> temperature logging enabled, and I also don't know how.  You might
>> want to have a look at the GPU temperature, especially during
>> playback, by running "nvidia-settings -q gpucoretemp".  The GPU
>> slowdown threshold is 95C.  My systems idle around 70C.
>>
>> Jim
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>
> I have 3 ZOTAC IONITX-A-U Atom N330 1.6GHz Dual-Core using M350 cases.
>
> One running with NO fan and not seeing any problems(Front end only) in
> any logs or physically.  It is used in bedroom.
>
> The other two have the stock fan installed.
>
> I've looked for other alternative 60mm fans but none that would fit
> with the M350 case.
>
> Ran the command that you posted above with no results -
>
> nvidia-settings -q gpucoretemp

you need to set the DISPLAY environment variable set to run the command, try:

DISPLAY=:0 nvidia-settings -q gpucoretemp

 Attribute 'GPUCoreTemp' (vdpau:0.0): 74.
    'GPUCoreTemp' is an integer attribute.
    'GPUCoreTemp' is a read-only attribute.
    'GPUCoreTemp' can use the following target types: X Screen, GPU.


I quite like to ssh in and run

export DISPLAY=:0
watch nvidia-settings -q gpucoretemp

watch runs the command every 2 seconds, you can watch the temp climb
when you play something.