[Arm-netbook] Slowly but surely...

[Gordan Bobic]

On 07/10/2012 08:57 PM, Scott Sullivan wrote:
> 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.

Or maybe they could just not plug in the 2nd NIC? That would make it the 
same as a SheevaPlug.

Gordan