From: Eris Discordia <eris.discordia@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on VIA C7
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:02:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <98341AF97AF04C5D2915B463@[192.168.1.2]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABwSpPDpiaMhM8e-jyT1PD4-Aq9X64TC-NCBmKxbRdUARusqBQ@mail.gmail.com>
Despite being touted as fanless and most C7-based boards being equipped
only with heatsinks they get hot as hell. Right now I'm experimenting on a
board (custom form factor) built around VIA Eden 1.2 GHz, CX700 chipset,
with FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE (1 GB RAM, 8 GB IDE SSD, networked, and an
external HDD over USB). The following make it undesirable:
1. the temperature when it's passively cooled,
2. frequent unexplained spontaneous reboots (botched ACPI? missed IRQs?),
3. low-quality (RTL-81xx family, in this case 8139, a.k.a 8100) NIC chip.
Lowering CPU frequency down to 400 MHz does not help, either.
I suggest getting an Atom-based board instead, if it makes sense for you.
P.S. As a last resort I'm trying to go without ACPI and see if the thing
will stay up for more than a week.
P.P.S. Various steppings of the C3 family, too, caused various headaches
(with Longhaul or VIA Padlock). Overall, VIA's track record in this field
is not remarkable.
--On Wednesday, July 06, 2011 11:34 -0700 Akshat Kumar
<akumar@mail.nanosouffle.net> wrote:
> Looking to get the following motherboard:
>
> Jetway VIA C7 1.5GHz CN700
>
> It would work well to house 2 IDE and 1 SATA
> drives. Has anyone tried Plan 9 on this, before
> I commit $100 to it?
>
>
> Thanks,
> ak
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-08 20:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-06 18:34 Akshat Kumar
2011-07-06 19:06 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-07-07 5:21 ` cinap_lenrek
2011-07-07 7:56 ` Akshat Kumar
2011-07-07 8:00 ` cinap_lenrek
2011-07-07 8:16 ` Akshat Kumar
[not found] ` <CABwSpPCnw2A80_gCxxN-6eH21Dg4oEF=Td6V4XuC1yEs3pTayg@mail.gmail.c>
2011-07-07 15:28 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-08 20:02 ` Eris Discordia [this message]
[not found] ` <98341AF97AF04C5D2915B463@192.168.1.2>
2011-07-08 21:59 ` ron minnich
2011-07-09 0:26 ` Eris Discordia
[not found] ` <6F7509F3840C27B44BBE7F9F@192.168.1.2>
2011-07-09 4:13 ` ron minnich
2011-07-09 10:35 ` Bruce Ellis
2011-07-09 20:55 ` Eris Discordia
[not found] ` <D7303FDC7DBEC8EE3E08B624@192.168.1.2>
2011-07-09 21:01 ` ron minnich
[not found] ` <CAP6exY+JYUPZR9vvdNbYydp1b9qavDCrEHJt5hddCcaLeE==8A@mail.gmail.c>
2011-07-09 21:04 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-11 0:35 ` John DeGood
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