[Arm-netbook] Slowly but surely...

[Scott Sullivan]

On 07/09/2012 02:45 PM, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> On 07/09/2012 05:31 PM, Roman Mamedov wrote:
>> On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:22:34 +0100
>> Gordan Bobic<gordan at bobich.net>   wrote:
>>
>>> Thirdly, SheevaPlugs don't overheat. I have several in the RedSleeve build farm. They have uptimes of many months, and none have ever overheated. This is largely a myth due to a handful at some point having left the factory with a duff PSU. The main source of heat is the CPU, and my plugs never exceed 45C (~25C above ambient) even after days of constant compiling. It's a non-issue unless you plan to run them inside an oven.
>>
>> The overheating debacle was primarily with GuruPlug, not SheevaPlug:
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=guruplug+heat
>
> I haven't taken a GuruPlug apart, but I cannot reall see where the extra
> heat would be coming from compared to a SheevaPlug.

To get more specific it was GuruPlug Plus w/ the Dual Gigabit NICs. The 
combined heat from the NICs and the CPU all going at full bore was too 
much for the passive cooling.

The Seneca build farm has all their sans-fan GuruPlugs on a 10/100 
switch for this very reason.

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Scott Sullivan