sjohnson
12-24-2002, 07:36 PM
I use an attached, unheated "Florida room" for benching and burnin.
Currently I'm running a kx7-333 in that room. We're getting cold temps here so I was happy to see that we'd be getting temps below freezing (sub zero degrees C).
At 9 PM I checked on the system. It was looping Sandra Memory Bandwidth and doing fine. The system temp reported by MBM was 1C. The temperature of the room was dropping, my room thermometer showed -10C at 8:30 and -12C at 9 PM.
At 9:20 I noticed that the screen was dark. I power-cycled the box but it wouldn't boot. I unplugged the box for 10 minutes then plugged it back in but still no boot.
The same thing happened last night. As soon as I bring it into the house and let it warm up it boots fine.
From here, it looks like at some system temperature below 1C, I'm getting a "frozen" system :).
One thought is that the CMOS battery is too cold at low temps to supply any current to the system. But, the system is running when the temp drops and the rig "freezes."
Can anyone give me any clues about what I might do to keep my kx7 running in this cold?
Currently I'm running a kx7-333 in that room. We're getting cold temps here so I was happy to see that we'd be getting temps below freezing (sub zero degrees C).
At 9 PM I checked on the system. It was looping Sandra Memory Bandwidth and doing fine. The system temp reported by MBM was 1C. The temperature of the room was dropping, my room thermometer showed -10C at 8:30 and -12C at 9 PM.
At 9:20 I noticed that the screen was dark. I power-cycled the box but it wouldn't boot. I unplugged the box for 10 minutes then plugged it back in but still no boot.
The same thing happened last night. As soon as I bring it into the house and let it warm up it boots fine.
From here, it looks like at some system temperature below 1C, I'm getting a "frozen" system :).
One thought is that the CMOS battery is too cold at low temps to supply any current to the system. But, the system is running when the temp drops and the rig "freezes."
Can anyone give me any clues about what I might do to keep my kx7 running in this cold?