Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:55:34 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org> To: Siegbert Baude <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard Message-ID: <20030614145534.GA4880@tuatara.fishballoon.org> In-Reply-To: <3EEB2BDA.3040705@gmx.de> References: <20030610220919.41E1F5D04@ptavv.es.net> <200306121915.h5CJFGSL083703@apollo.backplane.com> <3EE8D5EB.5030308@sliderule.demon.co.uk> <200306122247.32026.wes@softweyr.com> <200306130555.h5D5td1j086033@apollo.backplane.com> <87isr9n8dw.fsf@Pectopah.shenton.org> <3EEB2BDA.3040705@gmx.de>
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On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 04:06:18PM +0200, Siegbert Baude wrote: > Are your machines completely diskless then? Which kind of PSU do you use > then? Some of these low-power external ones? I really would like to get > rid of every fan in such an EPIA machine. Both because of the sound and > the possible failure source. With no mechanical parts left inside the > computer, it should also be robust enough, to be tossen around in the > kitchen by children. > Another possible use would be as multimedia centre in the living room, > but I suspect you would need the 1GHz version then (or what about the > newer chipsets? They should have some hardware acceleration to make life > easuer for the processor?). Is it possible to pasive cool this one, if > there is no additional heat source like a harddisk or PSU in the case? Siegbert, You want one of these babies: http://www.hush-technologies.com/ 1GHz CPU, totally fanless. I think this is about the only piece of computer equipment I've ever seen that I'd be happy to keep on my hi-fi rack :-) You do pay quite a premium for the fancy heatsink/case though, and I'm not sure whether they do a complpetely diskless version. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon
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