Re: Ideal setup

Yeah. We've got a hard-drive that binds and powers down at ~50C. Fortunately, it
only hit that temperature in the server room once this summer (At about 11 at
night, necessitating a long trip to get it fixed). Apart from that one time, we
peaked at 48C.

D

Bill Wichers wrote:

> That hot, eh? Wow... I've had fans fail before but I don't know precisely
> how hot the machines got (all I know is that they became "crashingly" hot
> :-).
>
> Nidec (http://www.nidec.com) makes some fans that have sense and alarm
> leads, which *might* work with the new boards. I have often used these on
> important systems with a small buzzer connected to the alarm lead of the
> fan (with a simple monitor circuit). With a loud enough buzzer this is an
> effective warning system.
>
> Comair Rotron also manufacturers smart fans. So does NMB. Hopefully this
> will give you something to go while looking for fans.
>
> -Bill
>
> On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, Peter Wemm wrote:
>
> > (Reminder: check those CPU cooling fans regularly! It's amazing what kind
> > of "impossible" processor faults turn up when the cpu is frying. The power
> > supply fan had failed too, the internal case temperature was around 85
> > degrees celcius (185 Farenheight).)
> >
> > BTW; has anybody seen a source for fans (cpu and case) with tachometer
> > sensors for use with the new-fangled motherboards that can monitor them?
> > (preferably in .au)...
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Gary Palmer
> > > NOC Supervisor
> > > Erols Internet
> > >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Peter
> > --
> > Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Netplex Consulting
> >
> >

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