From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 9 16: 4:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ebola.biohz.net (ebola.biohz.net [206.80.1.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 930BA37B400 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:04:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from flu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ebola.biohz.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 08BF93A4C0 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:04:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <014201c07a98$e76be740$0402010a@biohz.net> From: "Renaud Waldura" To: References: <005801c07037$47ae6ea0$0402010a@biohz.net> Subject: Re: Silent FreeBSD Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:04:29 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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" To: 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