Re: low power PC

2001-08-17 Thread Justin Wojdacki
Miaoling Chiu wrote: > > I understand how to do downclocking by resetting > jumpers. And I could install a LCD monitor, or > just turn the monitor off when I'm away from the > machine. What I don't understand though is how to > power down a hard disk (or how to install without > a hard disk). I've

Re: low power PC

2001-08-17 Thread Andre Berger
* Miaoling Chiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-08-17 10:44 +0200: [...] > What I don't understand though is how to > power down a hard disk (or how to install without > a hard disk). [...] While not knowing the latter, I've got a Laptop and have come across the spindown problem. Usually there's a lot

Re: low power PC

2001-08-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 06:36:33PM -0700, Miaoling Chiu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > >"slow" I mean *slow*, in my case it?s a Pentium 166 *down*clocked to > >50 MHz (25 MHZ PCI-clock * 2). There is no such thing as "hardware > >acceleration" in "slow" machines... > > > >For passive cooling, rig

low power PC

2001-08-16 Thread Miaoling Chiu
>"slow" I mean *slow*, in my case it´s a Pentium >166 *down*clocked to 50 MHz (25 MHZ PCI-clock * >2). There is no such thing as "hardware >acceleration" in "slow" machines... > >For passive cooling, right? I considered to tune >my old machine too - K6-2-400, downclocked to >166Mhz or so, no hardd