-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 12:22 AM > To: Krzys Majewski; I. Tura > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: advanced power management and linux? > > > Laptops are noisy too and cost a bundle + you have to buy cards (modem, > network, scsi). You can buy two desktops for the price of one notebook if > you shop around (I can buy at least three, but hey, I'm Dutch, I watch > every penny :-).
I agree. <snip> > Tip 1: stay away from Quantum HDs, all the ones I've had start whining > after a while. Most of them are loud even before this while. :) > IBM is what I use now and they are much better, but not perfect either. I recently bought 2 9GB IBM DNES-30917W (7200RPM, LVD) for my little 24/7 server, which has to reside in the living room. They may not be the fastest but cheap and silent they are. Add soft-raid and you have all you could want. A rule of thumb seems to be to use more but slower devices for hds, fans, ... > Tip 2: try to run the CPU fan on 7 volts instead of 12 volts. Slow down is > marginal, noise reduction is huge. Wouldn't do it, but that's just me. It really helps... > Tip 4: use hdparm with the -S switch to suspend HDs after being idle for a > while. May not be too good for the hds, depending on the hds, of course. You should rather get a specially opimized PS or put a high-quality fan in. I still can't believe how much difference that did make. Christian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE5ghn5txWmQklOL8URAhUeAKCSQOtxoSQSYxdfUHrcpY3LllVDZwCeKomg 4ZtLQxAOvkdTZ/RG44WV1j0= =KjgN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
