Re: Dying net6501 servers

Brook Milligan <[email protected]> writes:

> On Sep 2, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have a few net6501 that I am not yet using (have been sitting powered
>> off).  I am wondering how much is understood about the failure mode, and
>> if setting the clock frequency much lower (half or quarter of max) would
>> reduce heat and the likelihood of failure.  For most of my uses, I need
>> a box to do something simple (NTP, low-speed router), and really a
>> net5501 is adequate.
>
> Interesting idea.  I have a box I would be willing to try this on, as
> I have it doing similar (generally low-power) things.  How does one
> control the clock frequency?

On NetBSD, see est(4), and machdep.est.frequency.*.

I have used this on notebooks.  It doesn't appear on my net5501 under
netbsd-6.  An i5-2310 (desktop) shows multiple frequencies but I have
never tried to turn that down.

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