diff --git a/pages/02.linux/24.overclocking-in-linux/default.en.md b/pages/02.linux/24.overclocking-in-linux/default.en.md index 7d73fcb..de0e409 100644 --- a/pages/02.linux/24.overclocking-in-linux/default.en.md +++ b/pages/02.linux/24.overclocking-in-linux/default.en.md @@ -3,86 +3,3 @@ title: 'Overclocking in Linux' --- [toc] -## Overclocking -### CPU -*TODO* I have not yet checked for system-tools for overclocking - -### GPU -#### AMD -[CoreCtrl](https://gitlab.com/corectrl/corectrl) allows the manipulation of GPU frequency, voltages, power and the fancurve. - -*TODO* installation hints - -### RAM -*I'm unaware of any platform supporting online-editing of RAM timings* - -## Monitoring -### Sensors -The `lm_sensors` package shows temperatures, fan pwm and other sensors for your CPU, GPU and motherboard. -Run `$ sensors` to get the output. - -#### Support for motherboard ITE LPC chips -Support for this type of chip does not come built in to `lm_sensors`. -In the AUR the package `it87-dkms-git` provides a kernel module with support for a variety of ITE chips. It pulls from [this](https://github.com/frankcrawford/it87) git repo. You can find a list of supported chips there. See [this issue on lm_sensors git repo](https://github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors/issues/134) for background info. - -The kernel driver can be automatically loaded on boot by putting `it87` into `/etc/modules-load.d/(filename).conf` -The option `acpi_enforce_resources=lax` also needs to be added to `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT` in `/etc/default/grub` or your bootloader equivalent. - -### CoreFreq -[CoreFreq](https://github.com/cyring/CoreFreq) can display a lot of information about the CPU and the memory controller. - -To run, the systemd service `corefreqd` needs to be enabled. -CoreFreq also depends on a kernel driver. Simply put `corefreqk` into `/etc/modules-load.d/(filename).conf` to load it automatically on boot. - -Access the TUI using `$ corefreq-cli` - -A few interesting views: -`Shift + C` shows per thread frequency, voltage and power, as well as overall power and temperature. -`Shift + M` shows the memory timings, frequency and DIMM layout. - -### CoreCtrl -CoreCtrl displays a range of information for AMD GPUs. - -### Error monitoring -Some applications have hardware error reporting built-in. -#### Kernel log -For others, try checking the kernel log. -`$ journalctl -k --grep=mce` - -#### Rasdaemon -You can also install `aur/rasdaemon` and enable its two services. -`# systemctl enable --now ras-mc-ctl.service` -`# systemctl enable --now rasdaemon.service` - -`$ ras-mc-ctl --summary` shows all historic errors -`$ ras-mc-ctl --error-count` shows memory errors of the current session - -## Testing -> [More Testing Tools can be found on the ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Stress_testing?useskinversion=1) - -### CPU -#### Prime95/Mprime -`$ mprime` -Select "No" when asked to join the distributed computing project -`16` for torture testing -Recommended test: `2` - -This application includes hardware error checking. Output to the CLI as well as the logfile. -Check the file `results.txt` - -#### ffmpeg video encoding -This command encodes random noise with x265 and discards the resulting video -`$ ffmpeg -y -f rawvideo -video_size 1920x1080 -pixel_format yuv420p -framerate 60 -i /dev/urandom -c:v libx265 -preset placebo -f matroska /dev/null` -> [ArchWiki Source](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Stress_testing?useskinversion=1#Video_encoding) - -#### Stress -Stress is capable of testing CPU, memory, I/O and disks -Use `$ stress -c (threads)` to test the CPU - -### GPU -*TODO* - -### RAM -#### Stressapptest -**NOTE**: Produces heavy load on the CPU as well. A stable CPU OC before running this is recommended. -`$ stressapptest -M (RAM MiB) -s (time in s) -m (CPU threads)` \ No newline at end of file