... We have an old DEC Alpha machine here, and a big heatsink is attached to the CPU. It is mounted near a 92mm fan which blow fresh air to the heatsink....
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Stephane Matis
smatis@...
Nov 6, 2001 3:46 pm
Sorry, I seriously doubt that the Alpha runs without heatsink or fan. I think this was just a good PR picture. Alphas run hot, they have always had the biggest...
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James Mansion
mansionj
Nov 6, 2001 4:37 pm
This page looks interesting: http://www.via.com.tw/jsp/en/products/C3/C3_silent.jsp Does anyone know where such a system can be had, particularly one TK Power...
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ricemp@...
ricemp
Nov 6, 2001 4:39 pm
Indeed, I am wondering if this explains some of the flaky behavior I noticed right after I got home. At the time I attributed it to my modem dialer software,...
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ricemp@...
ricemp
Nov 6, 2001 4:47 pm
Is it kind of a static-y prickly sort of noise? My TVs do this with bright whites from my cable TV feed. Seems to be overdriving the whites or something. Have...
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Christian Elmerot
Christian.Elmerot@...
Nov 6, 2001 5:07 pm
I have a different issue with my computer that is connected to the TV. The TV hums with a low frequency sound sounding like a transformator box. This I believe...
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Pontus Frössander
capdapus@...
Nov 6, 2001 5:20 pm
You have what is called a ground loop. In your case, I would say the problem is that you have a voltage different between your mains ground (the ground jack in...
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James Mansion
mansionj
Nov 6, 2001 6:12 pm
Those with deep pockets might be interested in this: http://www.signumdata.de/pdf/ThinClient.pdf It would be incredibly (well, to me ;-)) interesting to know...
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taylor234x@...
taylor234x
Nov 6, 2001 7:46 pm
Thanks for all the good suggestions. This is a great group. ... changing the rate doesn't help (Damn! That was a great suggestion.) ... with a black screen --...
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Tim Handley
fristim1
Nov 7, 2001 1:21 am
Different architectures are the way to go, it's the only way to reduce the power consumption and therefore heat produced by the CPU. Does anyone have an idea...
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Tim Handley
fristim1
Nov 7, 2001 2:57 am
The reference design on the VIA C3 silent systems page is taken from the Evesham Quest C800. It can be seen at: http://www.evesham.com/configurator. ...
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david_mitchell2@...
goosanderuk
Nov 7, 2001 10:26 am
Tim, Great idea the C3 silent/low power site, its good to see Via taking the issue seriously. I have a suggestion though: It would be really helpful if Via...
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Jim Bailey
sleepydgym
Nov 7, 2001 11:46 am
How fast is it? At 800Mhz an alpha will perform better than a thunderbird running at 1.5Ghz in SOME areas. When I say some I mean one : integer arithmatic as ...
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Andy Laurence
andylaurence
Nov 7, 2001 11:52 am
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Jim Bailey
sleepydgym
Nov 7, 2001 11:58 am
About that PSU : yes, one of them would be very nice, but we humble consumers aren't allowed them. Infact we aren't even afforded the politeness of TK power ...
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Jim Bailey
sleepydgym
Nov 7, 2001 12:07 pm
As far as I know this chip is fine for DVD viewing, others have tried it and not complained, but I have no experience of it myself. Surely you could always add...
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Andy Laurence
andylaurence
Nov 7, 2001 12:26 pm
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Timo Haanpää
htimo@...
Nov 7, 2001 12:53 pm
Hellos y'all First, let me express kudos to everyone on this list. I've been lurking for a month or so and I must say it is very uncommon to find a list of...
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Jim Bailey
sleepydgym
Nov 7, 2001 1:55 pm
for those interested in via c3 performance, i tracked down this review at toms hardware : http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q3/000810/index.html This is...
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Mad Ad
mad_ad_1
Nov 7, 2001 2:12 pm
A quick fix on the case *might* be just tapeing a strip of 2" wide gaffa across the inside middle. Its a fast and dirty way of reducing the resonance in the...
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Sebastian Shaumyn
shaumyan@...
Nov 7, 2001 5:49 pm
Macintosh G4 or Dell 8200 are excellent computers, but their level of noise is pretty high. I have neither the time nor I am inclined to tinker with fans or...
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James Mansion
mansionj
Nov 7, 2001 6:53 pm
... Oh - I thought they'd fixed that in the C3, it was certainly awful in the older Cyrix chips. Hmm. I need to do FFTs ... James...
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thesilentpc@...
thesilentpc
Nov 7, 2001 10:23 pm
Jim, I obtained the following response from TKPower a couple months ago: "Yes we have a fanless ATX power supply. These are designed for OEM application where...
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Lindsey Dubb
ldubb
Nov 7, 2001 10:55 pm
At school, we're soon going to need to replace a couple old X terminals. That's a terminal which runs X Windows, not OS X or Windows XP. ;) So we're looking...
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Bob Kimball
rkimball@...
Nov 7, 2001 11:19 pm
You may want to check out www.advantech.com They have some cool (pun intended) little single board computers that are relatively slow, not terribly expensive,...
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Terry Gray
gray+silent@...
Nov 8, 2001 12:06 am
Lindsey, I know nothing about these folks, or this particular product, but they keep coming up in my periodic Google searches for fan-free PCs... ...
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Simon Murcott
simon@...
Nov 8, 2001 1:21 am
... http://www.sun.com/products/sunray/sunray1/ No fans what-so-ever....
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Tim Handley
fristim1
Nov 8, 2001 1:32 am
Hi Linsey Try out the SV24 from Shuttle. We have been testing them with VIA C3 800MHz processors here and Seagate Baracude IV HDDs. The C3 is passively...
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Robin Whittle
robin_whittle
Nov 8, 2001 2:55 am
As mentioned by Tim Handley in the "X terminal replacement" thread, this is a small box-like PC with a compact motherboard and small powersupply: ...
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Tim Handley
fristim1
Nov 8, 2001 2:59 am
The C3 is not a high performance chip. It was designed for it's low power consumption and cool operation which makes it ideal for small form factor designs,...
