>"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 harddisks, low-powered cooler >where possible... would be nice for my ears. > >The reason here is that the box runs 24/7/365 and >it´s on my electric-power-bill. Not to mention >that I don´t need any other heating in winter in >that room (and winter ´round here means down to >-15 - -25 degC).
I am also very interested in finding a way to run a PC on minimal power. As the above folks mentioned, I want to put a server online 24 hours and keep the box cool and keep the electric bills low. 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 heard of people running Linux off a CD, floppy, zip or a ram disk, but seems to me like if would have to be a very minimalist system, and I don't know how you could run a server that way. But I'm open to any suggestion about how to cut power consumption to the bone. Any ideas? I don't need a very powerful server, but it should be capable of running Apache and Postfix all day - if that can be done without a hard disk, I'd appreciate some suggestions on how to set it up. - Chiu Miaoling __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
