[Arm-netbook] Slowly but surely...

[Mike Howard]

On 09/07/2012 19:45, 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.
>
>> "Newer versions of the GuruPlug Plus solve the overheating problem by adding a
>> 2cm fan to the design, although this eliminates the benefit of the silent
>> design." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuruPlug
> Indeed, I have a GuruPlug and it is _noisy_. As in rackmount server
> grade noisy. Only got one for the sake of being able to test my distro
> kernels on it, but I'll stick with other things for the build farm or
> else my computer room would sound like a hornets' nest.
>
> Gordan
>
>
The noise is simply down to the (poor) choice of fan installed 
internally. I stripped mine out, nice and quiet now.
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