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As a Linux desktop user I am still a bit disappointed about AMD. My Ryzen 7 does not run 100% reliably (freezes many times a year, althoug typically not more th

As a Linux desktop user I am still a bit disappointed about AMD. My Ryzen 7 does not run 100% reliably (freezes many times a year, althoug typically not more than once a month. The net is full of similar stories, but nothing seems to help). Independently but equally annoying the temperature sensors are not well supported, obviously AMD does not share documentation or contribute to the kernel. Don't remember the details now. Gave up frustrated 2 years ago or so.

bavell 5y ago
YMMV... I bought a 5950X in late January for my main workstation (Arch) and haven't had any problems with it at all. FWIW my last Intel CPU (2700k IIRC) crashed my machine regularly whenever the iGPU fired up for some tasks (e.g. I could crash Blender in < 10 seconds...)
GhettoComputers 5y ago
Sounds like a motherboard issue. Never had that happen.
- usr1106 5y ago
  Possibly. How can a poor SW guy know, if the kernel just hangs and there is nothing in the log.
  - GhettoComputers 5y ago
    Have you tried upgrading the kernel?
    - usr1106 5y ago
      Many times since the machine exists (> 3 years). But it's "only" Ubuntu HWE, not Arch or mainline. In some phase I thought it happens mostly when there is "something big" happening on the screen. So I swapped the Nvidia GPU against an AMD one. But that did not change anything. And the last 1.5 years I have been using the machine mostly remotely over ssh and the freezes still occur occasionally. So if it's not the CPU proper it could well be the motherboard. Memory tests have never shown anything, but of course I did not run them for 6-8 weeks what it takes at average to get the next freeze.
      - GhettoComputers 5y ago
        That sucks, you think its an ubuntu problem then? It sounds like a software issue, in my experience AMD's drivers in Linux are not as high quality as Intel's and if its not logged its hard to diagnose the issues. I wonder if debian would have the same issues.
KingMachiavelli 5y ago
FYI temperature sensors are fixed in the latest Linux kernel. The only occasional bug I get is from the amdgpu driver (I use an APU) but even that seems to have been resolved. I would highly recommend making sure you are using the latest BIOS and kernel.
- usr1106 5y ago
  True, there are at least headlines in the yellow press :) https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.15-AMD https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.... I remembered something like https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.11-Drops-k10temp-V-C https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.... This is a 3-4 year old machine, BIOS updates have become rare. In the beginning I followed the closely without ever seeing any improvement.
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bitL 5y ago
My Threadripper runs rock solid under Linux and freezes under Windows 10... The only time it was shutting down in Linux was when the famous Enermax water pump was failing...

bavell 5y ago

YMMV... I bought a 5950X in late January for my main workstation (Arch) and haven't had any problems with it at all. FWIW my last Intel CPU (2700k IIRC) crashed my machine regularly whenever the iGPU fired up for some tasks (e.g. I could crash Blender in < 10 seconds...)

GhettoComputers 5y ago

Sounds like a motherboard issue. Never had that happen.

usr1106 5y ago
Possibly. How can a poor SW guy know, if the kernel just hangs and there is nothing in the log.
- GhettoComputers 5y ago
  Have you tried upgrading the kernel?
  - usr1106 5y ago
    Many times since the machine exists (> 3 years). But it's "only" Ubuntu HWE, not Arch or mainline. In some phase I thought it happens mostly when there is "something big" happening on the screen. So I swapped the Nvidia GPU against an AMD one. But that did not change anything. And the last 1.5 years I have been using the machine mostly remotely over ssh and the freezes still occur occasionally. So if it's not the CPU proper it could well be the motherboard. Memory tests have never shown anything, but of course I did not run them for 6-8 weeks what it takes at average to get the next freeze.
    - GhettoComputers 5y ago
      That sucks, you think its an ubuntu problem then? It sounds like a software issue, in my experience AMD's drivers in Linux are not as high quality as Intel's and if its not logged its hard to diagnose the issues. I wonder if debian would have the same issues.

KingMachiavelli 5y ago

FYI temperature sensors are fixed in the latest Linux kernel. The only occasional bug I get is from the amdgpu driver (I use an APU) but even that seems to have been resolved. I would highly recommend making sure you are using the latest BIOS and kernel.

usr1106 5y ago
True, there are at least headlines in the yellow press :) https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.15-AMD https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.... I remembered something like https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.11-Drops-k10temp-V-C https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.... This is a 3-4 year old machine, BIOS updates have become rare. In the beginning I followed the closely without ever seeing any improvement.

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bitL 5y ago

My Threadripper runs rock solid under Linux and freezes under Windows 10... The only time it was shutting down in Linux was when the famous Enermax water pump was failing...