I've cut a small fan into the case on one system that kept overheating. Heatsinks may help, but if you don't have the heat moving somewhere out of the case, it's still going to get hot. I don't recall if they were 20 or 30 mm fans. Digikey is a good source.
Darrick On 06/03/2010 11:01 PM, Alan wrote: > How about heatsinks? > > I'm thinking about these: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835708009 > > I could use 4 for the CPU and 1 for the CS5536, but I'm not sure how > well they will perform without any fan or airflow. > > What have other people in the mailing list done to lower the > temperature? Is 68-70 degrees normal? > > Alan > > > 2010/6/3 Alexander<[email protected]>: >> I noticed that the temperature remains about 2°C lower if I keep the box >> standing upright like a book in a bookshelf. >> Maybe try that first.. >> >> ----- Message from [email protected] --------- >> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 04:28:28 +0900 >> From: Alan<[email protected]> >> Subject: [Soekris] Temperature in net5501-70 >> To: [email protected] >> >> >>> I have some stability problems with my net5501 which I think are due >>> to excessive temperature. >>> >>> I have the standard case, a cf, a mini-pci wifi card and a digium tdm >>> card. >>> >>> lm_sensors is reporting the CPU temperature reaches 70 celsius just >>> before it hangs, is this normal? Should I add a heatsink? Where can I >>> find an appropriate heatsink? >>> >>> By the way, I'm using a sensors.conf file from the net801, I don't >>> have a customized one, does anybody have a customized one for the >>> net5501? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Alan > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
