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Linux 6.2 Performance Option Helps Extend The Longevity Of Intel Skylake Era PCs Arch linux has the "CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING" Kconfig build option enabled. It shows up on my pc " Retbleed:Mitigation; IBRS ". Put brain in gear before pressing enter11:16:29-->Thu Feb 02-->~ -->lscpu Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Address sizes: 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 8 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-7 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz Vulnerabilities: Itlb multihit: KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled L1tf: Mitigation; PTE Inversion; VMX conditional cache flushe s, SMT vulnerable Mds: Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable Meltdown: Mitigation; PTI Mmio stale data: Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable Retbleed: Mitigation; IBRS Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl Spectre v1: Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Spectre v2: Mitigation; IBRS, IBPB conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB- eIBRS Not affected Am I correct in thinking that I can add " retbleed=stuff " to my boot loader like so ? More info on Retbleed

Boy oh boy does this dmidecode give some thorough information.here is just a small part of the output for my rig. # dmidecode # dmidecode 2.12 SMBIOS 2.4 present. 78 structures occupying 2288 bytes. Table at 0x000F0000. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD Version: ASUS M2N32-SLI DELUXE ACPI BIOS Revision 2209 Release Date: 09/07/2009 Address: 0xE0000 Runtime Size: 128 kB ROM Size: 1024 kB Characteristics: PCI is supported PNP is supported APM is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported BIOS ROM is socketed EDD is supported 5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported LS-120 boot is supported ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: Socket AM2 Type: Central Processor Family: Athlon 64 Manufacturer: AMD ID: 43 0F 10 00 FF FB 8B 17 Signature: Family 16, Model 4, Stepping 3 Flags: FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension) DE (Debugging extension) PSE (Page size extension) TSC (Time stamp counter) MSR (Model specific registers) PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception) CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call) MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable) MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table) PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) MMX (MMX technology supported) FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) HTT (Multi-threading) Version: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor Voltage: 1.5 V External Clock: 200 MHz Max Speed: 3700 MHz Current Speed: 800 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: Socket 940 L1 Cache Handle: 0x000C L2 Cache Handle: 0x000E L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided Serial Number: Asset Tag: Part Number: I am interested in this output as I can not get the cpu to run at full speed or use any governing. :'(

I am running a Cooler Master Seidon 240M water cooler on my desktop machine. It is really keeping it cool and I am wondering if there is any such thing as the temp being too low. Too high is really bad but that doesn't always mean the opposite is true but sometimes it does. On my Chevy truck, if the transmission doesn't reach a certain minimum temp it does all kinds of random screwy things. Sensors output [amenditman@amendesk Vanilla_Client]$ sensors k10temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter temp1: +24.5°C (high = +70.0°C) (crit = +80.0°C, hyst = +77.0°C) fam15h_power-pci-00c4 Adapter: PCI adapter power1: 117.12 W (crit = 125.19 W)

A friend came to me today asking for some computer help. I agreed to make an attempt to fix it. I haven't seen the system so I don't have any experience with what the problem is, but she gave me some scarce details so I thought I'd throw them out here and start getting ideas about what to look at. From what she tells me, during startup she sees an error that says something is overheating. She didn't say where she sees it, but I'm guessing in the BIOS startup. She also says the computer completely locks up on logon and she can't do anything at all. That's all I know until I get a chance to actually tinker with it to see what's up. I know it's not much for now, but any thoughts? If it's an overheating issue, would the system just click off instead of lock up? (Although I don't know what exactly is overheating.) It's minimal info, but when I know more I'll post. I just want to get some ideas on where to start beyond just checking the physical system for signs of overheating.