On 06/21/2011 05:59 AM, Andrew Z wrote:
your thought about rising cpu temp is an interesting one. Ill start monitoring it .
If you decide to "Blow Out" the dust from your CPU fan/heatsink, a typical cause of loud CPU fans, remember to hold the fan and not let it spin freely. This will protect your fan's pwm circuitry when your fan switches from motor mode to generator mode. (Don't ask how I know that one.) Also, I use a front panel (fits in a CD-ROM slot), powered USB hub from SIIG. Saves me a lot of heart ache when things draw too much power. But, be careful, the ground of the powered hub must be hard grounded to your case, not just the power supply's ground. It you are not hard grounded to the case, Linux will reboot if you have a static charge on your hand and you insert your stick into the hub. (Okay, I "may" have rebooted a production level server three times before I figured that one out.). -T
