From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Dec 1 11:41:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA07368 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:41:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from mercury.Sun.COM (mercury.Sun.COM [192.9.25.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA07348 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:41:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from maddox@p-1.Eng.Sun.COM) Received: from Eng.Sun.COM ([129.146.1.25]) by mercury.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/mail.byaddr) with SMTP id LAA11793; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:41:09 -0800 Received: from taller.eng.sun.com (taller.Eng.Sun.COM [129.144.174.34]) by Eng.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-5.3) with SMTP id LAA20294; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:41:06 -0800 Received: from p-1.eng.sun.com by taller.eng.sun.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA18186; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:41:06 -0800 Received: from localhost by p-1.eng.sun.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA18521; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:36:20 -0800 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:36:20 -0800 (PST) From: William Maddox X-Sender: maddox@p-1 To: Mark Mayo cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Decent case for an Asus Dual PPro ? In-Reply-To: <19971130190040.24494@vmunix.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Mark Mayo wrote: > Hi all. I just picked up one of those Asus Dual PPro boards - the > P6UP5 main board with the C-P6ND daughter card. The thing seems really > hot (pun intended), and I'm looking forward to trying out > FreeBSD-3.0/SMP on it! > > The only problem is that the only case I could find to fit it in was > a super el-cheapo minitower that I could yank the 3.5" cage out of > (to accomodate the long daughter card). This case sucks, and if I leave > the metal enclosure on it gets much too hot for my comfort. Take a look at the California PC Products line. They do heavy-duty solid-steel cases, from a small desktop unit to monster dual-motherboard server chassis. They've also got raid-array cases and rack-mount stuff. You can mail-order direct from the manufacturer. http://www.calpc.com --Bill