From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Jun 29 9:50:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from relay02.chello.nl (relay02.chello.nl [212.83.68.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12C2537BEE5 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:50:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay02.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 2ee4e7c625482f2f2a1950a80f6c8d58) with ESMTP id <20000629164941.SOSR26299.relay02@chello.nl>; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:49:41 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA00939; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:49:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:49:59 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: don't panic Message-ID: <20000629184959.A699@freebie.wbnet> Reply-To: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D76CC@l04.research.kpn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D76CC@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 10:43:59AM +0100 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 10:43:59AM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: > > > > I once used a small 12Volts fan out of a Apple Mac. I > > used screws that just fit between the 'fins' of the > > heatsink. This worked very well (but looks ugly). There > > exist fans that have exactly the right size too. > > > I did something similar with the cpu in my noname board. I used a pentium > fan, with extra fat screws. > > There's a power converter next to the cpu leaning over under the weight its > heatsink. I've been thinking that I should cool that thingy too, perhaps. > I've heard of people who have actually. The LT1083 is the step-down regulator for the CPU. Essential to keep it sort-of cool too alright -- Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org "Do, or do not. There is no try" wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message