On 11/6/11 05:21 , Alvar Kusma wrote: > > Net6501 and case on my desk and looking at the > > 2.5" drive mounting bracket and asking "why is that drive mounting > > bracket needed at all?" > > As we all probably know, case design is not a stronger part of Soekris > team at all (constant overheating issues, HDD mounting over PCB, which > adds another potential overheat risk, non-optimal ventilation holes > placement etc).
I've had 4521s/4801s/5501s and I've never had one overheat. the enclosure is clearly not suitable for all manner of deployments, so perhaps one should plan accordingly. > Same goes with very picky BIOS-es, at least with Geode based routers. > Even old coreboot code can use serial port console long time since and > offers various boot media choices without much trouble. > > Sorry to be heard so critical, but when nobody says nothing about weak > things, then no one at Soekris cares. More than 5 years experience with > various Geode based boards leaves something bad feeling with Soekris not > so cheap boards (compared to other similar devices). By electronic > design those are ok, but case design, end user manual (yes, i point > again to net5501 nonexistent official documentation) and problematic > BIOS issues leaves a room for improvement. > > =<Alvar>= > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
