How to overheat an r100 w/o really trying...

[Alex Deucher]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 4:58 PM, James Cloos <cloos at jhcloos.com> wrote:
> [I still use my old laptop with its r100-based 7500 (1002:4c57)
> for my primary X server.  All of the clients (including the wm)
> run on a tower; the laptop only runs the X server.  The cpu is
> set to powersave; only the r100 gets hot enough to engage fans.]
>
> The recipe is easy:
>
>    run ftview (from freetype2) on a large font
>    hold down a key to scroll through all of the glyphs
>
> Something like:
>
>    :; ftview 33 /usr/share/fonts/unfonts/UnDotum.ttf
>    h (once)
>    f10 (hold it down and let it autorepeat)
>
> It only takes about one second for the r100 to heat enough to, by
> convection, heat the cpu enough to trip the cpu’s emergency mode.
>
> After that, only power cycling the laptop will restore normal ops.
>
> (The tcp traffic from doing that is approx 70Mbs client→server.)
>

Make sure the vents and fans are clear of dust and debris and that the
heat sink is making good contact with the asic.

Alex

> -JimC
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