[Aurora-sparc-user] fanless ultra 5

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I would think some type of case cooling would still be needed. My Ultra5 started to freeze randomly when I swapped the original CPU with a 440mhz from a U10. I ended up gluing a 80mm fan on the CPU's passive heat sink and it's been running ever since. 

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:42:41 +0200, "Bompart Cedric" <cedric.bompart at thalesgroup.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got a free Ultra 5 workstation... and I'm just wondering if I can
> convert it with a fanless approach?
>  - replace the PSU with a fanless ATX PSU (~300W)
>  - remove the case/cpu fan
>  - dont't care about cdrom/floppy drive
> 
> The goal is to create a quiet storage box (like a NAS). Is it possible? do
> I need to move the motherboard to a better PC case?
> 
> Normally the CPU shouldn't max out for only managing files (IO + network),
> so do I need a fan for the CPU?
> 
> I've got an old symbios SCSI card (50 pins internal/external connection),
> don't know the transfer speed and what type of scsi (1, 2 or 3)... what
> type of drive do you recommend? in point of using scsi 3 disks, am I going
> to be limited with the PCI bus speed?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Cedric.
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