Re: [Soekris] Soekris boxen are not silent

2012-06-14 Thread Nix
On 14 Jun 2012, David Burgess told this: > that buzz/ring/hiss sound that seems > to vary with processing load. That's almost certainly the power supply's transformer coils buzzing according to power draw. > silence is virtually unachievable with electronics, I t

Re: [Soekris] net5501, OCZ Vertex PLus SSD and Debian

2012-06-14 Thread Andreas v. Heydwolff
On 2012-06-14 17:14, Erhard Schwenk wrote: > we have some strange Problems with net5501 and OCZ Vertex PLus SSD > Drives. The SSDs show no errors when connected to other Systems, > but on the Soekris we get massive Data Corruptions after some > Boot and Write Cycles, including corrupted Boot Loade

Re: [Soekris] Soekris boxen are not silent

2012-06-14 Thread RB
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:49 PM, earl...@gmail.com wrote: > You're lost. A complaining bitter old man. Nothing noisy about these. Maybe > you are hearing your own tenitus or someone's vibrator. I don't recall crossing a troll bridge anywhere recently.

Re: [Soekris] Soekris boxen are not silent

2012-06-14 Thread earl...@gmail.com
You're lost. A complaining bitter old man. Nothing noisy about these. Maybe you are hearing your own tenitus or someone's vibrator. - Bill Sent from my DROID -Original message- From: Jan Ceuleers To: Bob Bishop Cc: Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com Sent: Thu, Jun 14, 2012 13:29:05 CDT S

Re: [Soekris] Soekris boxen are not silent

2012-06-14 Thread Stephen J Alexander
Sounds like maybe a cold solder joint problem. This doesn't seem to me like normal operation. Regards, Stephen J Alexander MPBX, LLC http://mpbx.com 832-713-6729 On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Jan Ceuleers wrote: > On 06/14/2012 08:08 PM, Bob Bishop wrote: >> Hi, >> >> You (and the other con

Re: [Soekris] Soekris boxen are not silent

2012-06-14 Thread Jan Ceuleers
On 06/14/2012 08:08 PM, Bob Bishop wrote: > Hi, > > You (and the other consenting contributors to this thread) are lucky to have > hearing good enough to hear these effects. Make the most of it, it won't last. You don't understand. I'm in my late 40s, and in my teens I was a sound equipment rent

Re: [Soekris] Soekris boxen are not silent

2012-06-14 Thread Bob Bishop
Hi, You (and the other consenting contributors to this thread) are lucky to have hearing good enough to hear these effects. Make the most of it, it won't last. -- Bob Bishop r...@gid.co.uk ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.co

Re: [Soekris] Soekris boxen are not silent

2012-06-14 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM, RB wrote: > I've experienced this on many recent computing electronics, including > my MacBook Air.  There's a slight hiss under load, even on systems > with no moving parts.  I'd put it at perhaps 10-15dB: audible but not > necessarily untenable. ditto. I don't

Re: [Soekris] Soekris boxen are not silent

2012-06-14 Thread RB
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Jan Ceuleers wrote: > Apparently so, because nobody said that they are also experiencing this. I've experienced this on many recent computing electronics, including my MacBook Air. There's a slight hiss under load, even on systems with no moving parts. I'd put

Re: [Soekris] Soekris boxen are not silent

2012-06-14 Thread Jan Ceuleers
On 06/10/2012 08:15 AM, Jan Ceuleers wrote: > Hi. > > I've been using net4801s and a net5501 as broadband routers for use at > home for some time now. > > Generally great and fun. There's just one down side: these boxes are not > completely silent, in that they make a strange hissing sound while

Re: [Soekris] using xilinx fpga on net6501

2012-06-14 Thread Matt Dainty
* William Robinet [2012-06-13 09:21:36]: > > As I wrote on the wiki, there is a Xilinx bitstream which is embedded > in the BIOS file of the net6501 [1]. > Replacing this bitstream and reflashing the BIOS might be a way to > gain persistence across cold reboot. > Before trying this, we need more

[Soekris] net5501, OCZ Vertex PLus SSD and Debian

2012-06-14 Thread Erhard Schwenk
Hello, we have some strange Problems with net5501 and OCZ Vertex PLus SSD Drives. The SSDs show no errors when connected to other Systems, but on the Soekris we get massive Data Corruptions after some Boot and Write Cycles, including corrupted Boot Loadeers and corrupted partition tables. We ha