Edwin, thanks for the ideas. I bought the barenones version of the Foxconn box with no hard drive. I am running voyage-0.6.5 on a USB flash drive.
The heat problem is caused by the case lid completely blocking the fan's only input. Running with CPU at idle the fan still runs full speed. It's a case design flaw. If they placed a vent in the lid directly over the fan this would not be a problem. As is, I'm concerned the heat will severly shorten the life of this box. I have also tried the broadcom-CPU boards you mentioned like ALIX but I need more horsepower for content filltering (not just URL filtering). I may need to build my own boxes for this project (a few hundred) using an ATOM board and a more sensible case. I was trying to find something off-the-shelf under $200 USD and avoid the project delays of building each box. The Foxconn would have been perfect. Back to the drawing board... On Friday, February 26, 2010, Edwin Whitelaw <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops, forgot the link... > > http://www.mini-box.com/Atom > > Frank Parker wrote: > > http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/index.html > > http://www.gadgetfolder.com/foxconn-netbox-nt330i-nettop-with-atom-330-and-ion.html > > However, I am now hitting some problems. The case completely blocks > the CPU fan (see photos in second link) resulting in ineffective > cooling, constant high fan rpm and fan noise. Within a few seconds of > popping off the lid the fan slows to a tolerable (very quiet) RPM. > This causes concern for deploying many of these boxes in remote > offices - will the heat cause stability problems? > > I tried to install lm-sensors but sensor-detect couldn't find any temp > sensors. I'm sure they are there but the lm-sensors package for lenny > doesn't recognize them. There is a lot of forum chatter about this. > Compiling the latest lm-sensors would probably fix this. > > Also, I am noticing a laptop connected to the USB ethernet adapter on > this board has a flapping interface every 14-15 minutes. Not sure if > this is being caused by the USB dongle or the kernel driver, or who > knows... > > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Edwin Whitelaw > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Frank, > > Whose ATOM board are you using? > > > _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
