My server just locked up. After connecting a screen I saw a kernel panic, so figuring something must have gone wonky I rebooted the machine. While doing this I noticed the computer was rather warm. Warm to the point where, crawling around on the floor next to it, I could feel the heat radiating off the casing on my face. After booting back up I noticed the CPU temp was at 75C and the system temperature was around 45C. I think the system temp is the ambient temperature of the motherboard, so the inside of the computer was probably close to that.

It now has three more fans in it, whirring away and I can feel a definite airflow through the vents now. This is probably a good thing since I burnt myself on the southbridge heatsink.

I’m tempted to move the machine downstairs into my front room, where it is always cold. The problem is where to place it, and the fans are a bit noisy which would be irritating while watching TV. I have space under my stairs where it’s cool, but it also gets damp there.