**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Sep 24 10:52:15 2010 Sep 24 20:14:25 OK, rename the GuruPlug to FirePlug. The way GlobalScale is dealing with the heat-related design flaws is amateur all the way. Sep 24 20:15:14 Sad, because the rep built up around the SheevaPlug is being frittered away. Sep 24 20:29:56 NightMonkey: Is it all the GuruPlugs, or just the ones made by GS? Sep 24 20:30:35 comradekingu: Someone else makes GuruPlug? Sep 24 20:58:08 yeah.. it's a pitty for such a wonderful device. Sep 24 20:58:38 Kuifje111: Indeed. Sep 24 20:59:22 Kuifje111: It's not all about the spec sheet brochure... Sep 24 20:59:27 I own a sheevaplug and I have it on 24/7 pretty much and I haven't had any problems so far luckily. Sep 24 20:59:58 most uptime I had was around 80 days. Sep 24 21:00:16 Kuifje111: I don't think the Sheeva has a heat problem. GuruPlugs definitely do, and GS's solution is quite an insult. Sep 24 21:00:35 what is their 'solution'? Sep 24 21:00:55 Kuifje111: Tape on a cheap fan, take off the heatsink, pray. Sep 24 21:01:20 hmm, I see. Sep 24 21:01:23 Kuifje111: Cheap and noisy fan, I should say. Sep 24 21:01:52 Kuifje111: Reports say "vacuum cleaner" type noisy. Sep 24 21:01:57 yeah.. one of the reasons why I bought my plug is because it's fanless. so that would definitely be a bummer. Sep 24 21:02:43 I guess if it was actually possible to use it *as* a vacum cleaner (like a roomba), that might be something. Sep 24 21:03:10 s/vacum/vacuum/g Sep 24 21:03:16 why does the GP run so hot anyway? the hardware isn't faster than a SP afaik Sep 24 21:03:33 yeah, true that. Sep 24 21:05:41 Barlow: Larger power supply to deal with +1 NIC, esata, +1 USB? I'd guess that it is the chipset rather than the CPU alone. Sep 24 21:05:52 Barlow: But I guess if they knew, they'd fix it? ;) Sep 24 21:06:18 Barlow: It's the NICs that heat the most. Sep 24 21:07:40 NightMonkey: i see. i would never have guessed the NICs use a lot of power Sep 24 21:08:35 Such a small box, one extra thing can tip the heat balance into the red. Sep 24 21:16:49 I was hoping that Ionics would bring out a dual-NIC model. THey seem to be more on the QA/QC ball. Sep 24 21:18:51 Based on their plug computer site, it appears that they have stalled. **** ENDING LOGGING AT Sat Sep 25 02:59:57 2010