Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:04:29 -0800 From: "Renaud Waldura" <renaud@waldura.com> To: <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Silent FreeBSD Message-ID: <014201c07a98$e76be740$0402010a@biohz.net> References: <005801c07037$47ae6ea0$0402010a@biohz.net>
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Thanks to all of you for your very useful answers! Here is how I solved my noise problem: 1- the hard drive was by far the biggest culprit: I swapped it with an old laptop HD (2.5 inch) with the appropriate connector/converter that connects to a regular IDE ribbon cable and AT power, 2- cut the CPU frequency by half and removed the heatsink fan, 3- got a new case with a quieter power supply. And now I can fully enjoy the street noise coming from down below... :> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renaud Waldura" <renaud@waldura.com> To: <hackers@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:00 AM Subject: Silent FreeBSD > I've got that FreeBSD gateway in a corner at my house, it works fine & dandy > but the constant noise (whirring fans, hard drives) gets on my nerves. > > What solutions have people explored to quiet down a computer system? (actual > experience will be preferred over wild speculations). I'm already aware of > PicoBSD, but I need more storage than just a floppy. Has anybody > experimented with RAM cards? How about noise-proof enclosures? > > --Renaud > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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