*- 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?". -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
