Re: diskless box: fanless too ?
*- On 3 May, G. Crimp wrote about "diskless box: fanless too ?"
> I have been asked to help someone learn about Linux. So far, I have
> installed Linux on an existing box. I must also give advice on new
> hardware. One of the concerns this person has, is not having anything
> spinning in his office. He currently uses a diskless sparc station, which
> is apparently also fanless since it is very very quiet.
>
> Does anyone know if the same is possible in the ix86 architechture ? I know
> I could set him up with a diskless box booting off a server in another room,
> but could that diskless box also have a fanless powersupply ? I figure the
> cpu would still need its fan. Anyone think that the absence of a fan in a
> diskless box would cause heating problems ??
>
How about a laptop with a docking station or port replicator? Those
thing tend to be pretty silent.
Also there is a thread on this topic in the comp.os.linux.hardware news
group over the last couple of days on this very subject titled
"removing cooling fans--how dangerous?".
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Brian
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