Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 08:25:24 -0700 From: Richard Schilling <rschi@rsmba.biz> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard Message-ID: <20030614152524.GC21487@foghorn.rsmba.biz> In-Reply-To: <20030614145534.GA4880@tuatara.fishballoon.org>; from scott%2Bfreebsd@fishballoon.org on Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 07:55:34 -0700 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> <20030614145534.GA4880@tuatara.fishballoon.org>
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Thanks for the link. I checked out web page. I'm not familiar with the 933 Mhz VIA C3 CPU, VIA CLE266 Chipset. Do you have any information on that? I've been also looking at some of the cube computers and some of the half-size boards at http://www.emj.com --Richard Schilling On 2003.06.14 07:55 Scott Mitchell wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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