Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:26:41 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard Message-ID: <200307291026.41713.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <20030723010344.GA18028@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <006601c29cab$ec3a9c80$0100000a@D9NLZD0J> <200307221757.35027.wes@softweyr.com> <20030723010344.GA18028@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On Tuesday 22 July 2003 18:03, Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 05:57:35PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
> >
> > Those mostly use Micro-ATX form factor boards. Some of them are
> > getting dirt cheap, too; a local screwdriver shop advertises one
> > with a P4 for $499 these days. Wowsers. Probably a crappy
> > motherboard, but toss in another $100 for a good mobo & power
> > supply and you've got yourself quite a 1u system. Then just wait
> > for them to overheat...
>
> The Iron Systems A110's are Via C3's on mini-itx boards. I've got
> four of them. They definaly won't overheat. If anything, they are
> over cooled. They are quite loud. If you do buy a 1U box, make sure
> the vendor does real thermal testing. It's hard to cool something
> that small and there's a lot of crap out there.
Yeah, no kidding. I build 1u appliances for a living. We stuff 5 of
them in a cardboard box and run the ambient temp up to 120 degrees then
let them bake for 5 days to do our temperature testing. We instrument
the one in the middle of the stack with 5 temperature probes to check
for hot spots. We're doing our first hard-disk based design right now
and keeping the disks from cooking off is going to be a real challenge;
we might have to drop the temp to 105-110 degrees F.
Mini-ITX based 1Us are a great idea. Good to hear Iron Systems is still
out there leading the way. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
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