Re: Making the computer less noisy
Krzys Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca> writes:
> Jean-Michel Kelbert <kelbert@ifrance.com> writes:
> > i am wondering if there is a way to make the computer less noisy at some
> > moment (the NIGHT). What I mean is that the CPU fan does a lot of noise,
> > and the Hd too. Is there a porgram to make the cpu fan less rotating (if
> > the cpu doesn't work !)
> 2) hdparm -y /dev/hda (or whatever your hard drive is called)
Laptop folks use it together with 'noflushd'. Better, not
perfect. Think of all the cron jobs and the like.
> 3) apm --suspend. This shuts down the CPU fan if you tell the BIOS
> to do so (via the BIOS/CMOS setup at boot time).
You should be aware that desktop- or server HDDs, in contrast to
laptop-HDDs, are not made to spin up and constantly. A 12-hour-turnus
it's probably acceptable, but you will shorten the HDDs'
lifetime. Perhaps the best idea I saw was put the machine into another
room (if you can), and use an old (or Apple-, a cheap 68k model with
color display will do) laptop without fan to display the server's X
output via ethernet.
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Andre Berger <andre.berger@topmail.de> from Bonn, Germany
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