I've had quite a few heating issues with my 4801 ever since my original PSU had died on me (I'm really not sure of the correlation there however). Just running the 4801 barebones with a CF, the temp will easily climb from 40C -> 60C+ in the matter of minutes with the casing closed, which it ran for a year+ without this issue with a PATA hd enclosed in it... (maybe the chip overheated? most likely). I suppose I'm lucky it still works though with a heatsink and fan now keeping it sub 30's. I could imagine any amount of issues occurring with any expansion cards enclosed in the case as it only has lower vents by design (or maybe lack thereof?). Just my 2cents.
Ryan -----Original Message----- From: soekris-tech-boun...@lists.soekris.com [mailto:soekris-tech-boun...@lists.soekris.com] On Behalf Of Lars Nooden Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 6:17 AM To: soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com Subject: [Soekris] temperature (was : DSL modem recommendations?) On 2010-3-12 5:31 AM, Ted Phelps wrote: > FWIW, I have a Viking in my net4801, and I find that it runs too hot. I have one in my net5501. It works fine. It'd be nice to have the source for the BIOS. Though I agree it runs too hot. It runs hot enough that I tracked the temperature for a month and a half. >From that data, the internal thermometer ran at an average of 78 C. That includes periods with the cover and without. With the cover it starts in the high 50's and climbs a degree every two or three minutes to about 80. With 37161 samples the mean temperature was 79 C and the median temperature 80C. The lowest was 55 C and the highest 94 C. The temperature of the room was around 20 C, give or take a little. For the same data set, the 5501 attached to it had an average temperature of 56, a median temperature of 57, a low of 33 and a high of 63. /Lars _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
