humlug
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: new hardware

To: linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: new hardware
From: Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <ke6sls@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:47:15 -0800
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Tuesday 16 December 2003 17:16, Patrick Moon wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 15:30, Alex Bame wrote:
> <snip>
>
> >  and the Asus board will run a tad quieter due to
> > the fact that the northbridge is passivly cooled.
>
> </snip>
>
> Not only is the noise level lower BUT you also have one less point of
> failure.  I know that it probably seems like a irrelevant point... but
> those little fans die "a lot". So if the board is designed to be
> passively cooled and you ADD a fan to it your that much BETTER
> off...since if it were to die you would be no worse off then how the
> manufacturer designed it to be.
>
> just my 2 cents...
>
> Patrick Moon

Good point.  I've replaced the little fan twice now and already this new mb is 
starting to make noise on bootup.  pita...  Might just dig around my junk 
drawer and find an old heat sink and do away with the fan.

- -- 

Wishing you well.

Jaye Inabnit, ke6sls   (A fortunate GNU/Linux user)
Questions, especially really dumb questions, can reveal the oblivious.
Free software isn't about money, it's about freedom. Please Support GNU!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: My key available from www.keyserver.net

iD8DBQE/39HHZHBxKsta6kMRAsNyAKDEYqCsPBcAWq6U8g6n9ZjW/Q+qIQCeKh+p
98V5PUl/2iiRqfTidgavpxE=
=qxle
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>