From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 14 07:56:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2F5E37B404 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 07:56:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6495343F75 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 07:56:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@fishballoon.org) Received: from fishballoon.org ([81.104.195.199]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com ESMTP <20030614145617.GCXZ13529.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@fishballoon.org>; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:56:17 +0100 Received: from tuatara.fishballoon.org (tuatara [192.168.1.6]) by fishballoon.org (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h5EEtY4o090614; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:55:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott@tuatara.fishballoon.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.fishballoon.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5EEtYhn007502; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:55:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:55:34 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: Siegbert Baude Message-ID: <20030614145534.GA4880@tuatara.fishballoon.org> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EEB2BDA.3040705@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 14:56:21 -0000 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