From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ron minnich To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] pictures, as promised ... In-Reply-To: <20031110145431.G10935@edinburgh.cisco.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 09:29:36 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8508f052-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Derek Fawcus wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:28:34PM +0900, kiwane@mac.com wrote: > > > Fanless, silent, small. > > > > Can you run one of these EPIA machines with a hard disk in it, > > and still fan less? > > Yes. It all depends upon the speed (and hence heat generated) by the disk. > > The machine I pointed to comes supplied with a bracket to mount a laptop > style h/d internaly. Laptop drives are designed for a hostile heat environment, and on the m100 they are mounted to the top of the case: the whole case is a heat sink for the drive. You probably don't need a fan. ron