Advice for ASRock C2550D4I / C2750D4I users?

[DaveY]

Hmm, just check the latest 9.10 release and watchdog is now disabled by default so you should be fine. Log into the console and run

Code:

 ps auwx | grep watchdogd | grep -v grep

and make sure you don't see the watchdogd process running.

Back to your original question, also run

Code:

ipmitool sensor | grep Temp

Make sure your MB Temperature and CPU Temperature are under 40C and you should be good.

 

[Pitfrr]

The watchdogd process is not running.

But it seems that I have problems with the ipmi driver (that is my understanding but I'm not sure at all) since I get the following:

Code:

ipmitool sensor | grep Temp

Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Device ID command failed
Unable to open SDR for reading

I'll check the temperature for the MB and the CPU to be sure.
I added a fan for the MB/CPU but didn't check the numbers though. I did noticed that the BMC chip (AST2300) gets quite hot (I'd say around 45°C)! So I am planning to add some heatsink on it.

 

[Miles]

You're doing this through the GUI right?!?? System -> Tunables

If you're editing /etc/rc.conf, the file is overwritten on reboots

Thank you DaveY,

Your instructions worked for me and I no longer have watchdogd running in my running processes... now I just wonder how much "damage" it may have caused

 

[Pitfrr]

Some feedback on the CPU/MB temperature:

when stressing the CPU, I get 41°C for the motherboard and 49°C for the CPU (value from the system through IPMI). As soon as I stop, the CPU temperature drops to 36°C and 30°C after few minutes.
The MB temperature stays around 40°C.