**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sun Dec 05 02:59:58 2010 Dec 05 08:28:31 wassup Dec 05 21:37:23 soooo.... I got my GruPlug Server Plus Thursday night :) Dec 05 21:37:34 I was pretty darned excited. Dec 05 21:37:43 they're neat Dec 05 21:37:54 Well, then I plugged it in. Dec 05 21:38:02 My god it was loud! Dec 05 21:38:16 what a horrible fix they did using that fan. Dec 05 21:38:39 some people open them up and put them in different cases with a quieter fan Dec 05 21:38:48 voids the warranty of course Dec 05 21:39:18 Of course. No problem there. Mine is now reasonably quiet, about the same as a netbook computer Dec 05 21:39:41 I modded the case by making extra fan slots Dec 05 21:40:07 I calc'd that the original fan slots had an area about .3 sq inches Dec 05 21:40:29 Now I'm sitting at about 2.75 sq in of open slot space Dec 05 21:40:38 looks fairly good Dec 05 21:41:06 Then I added an adjustble POT from radio shack and dialed down the fan as far as I could Dec 05 21:41:40 Just got done putting it back together about 30 min ago Dec 05 21:42:12 word on the street has it that you could turn the fan off entirely and still avoid overheating by running one of the NICs at 100 Mbps Dec 05 21:42:14 I've had it pinging localhost via jtag for about 15 minutes Dec 05 21:42:39 I hadn't read about just leaving the fan completely off without issues Dec 05 21:43:47 bient room temp is 22.4c and the unit is ~44c sitting flat and measuring through a slot just about the top most LED Dec 05 21:44:01 s/bient/ambient Dec 05 21:44:26 mdm2k: do you happen to have a reference of someone successfully having the fan off? Dec 05 21:46:49 http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/news.aspx?showarticle=4 suggests this as a mitigation for the older units that don't have a fan to begin with Dec 05 21:47:09 ahhh Dec 05 21:51:16 Thell: i have my fan off, but i built this heatsink for it http://i55.tinypic.com/2h5nu55.jpg Dec 05 21:51:39 holy! Dec 05 21:52:00 http://i54.tinypic.com/23wkxzt.jpg Dec 05 21:52:22 I should take a pic of mine Dec 05 21:52:27 * Thell will be right back Dec 05 22:20:21 wtf it's an eldritch abomination Dec 05 22:37:26 http://screencast.com/t/rR4daYBEn | http://screencast.com/t/SPtHuuCk | http://screencast.com/t/q4RpkAUd | http://screencast.com/t/D8m4n6lE9t Dec 05 22:38:07 I should give it a try without the fan just to see what the temp does. The highest reading so far is 45c Dec 05 22:38:10 Thell: lol nice Dec 05 22:39:51 To give the fan more 'push' I cut a 1 inch section out of the middle divider between the PS and fan too Dec 05 22:40:37 Yeah, it doesn't look too bad. Had I taken a little more care I think I could have done it without scratching the exterior of the case Dec 05 22:42:51 the end section with the t-cross is where the pot is Dec 05 22:43:02 heh, i wonder if you could do what you did without voiding the warentee Dec 05 22:43:10 since the sticker could remain intact Dec 05 22:43:19 not a chance Dec 05 22:43:41 unless you have a way to 'suck' all the remains out Dec 05 22:49:41 industrial strength vacuum cleaner? Dec 05 23:04:44 ok... testing without the fan on Dec 05 23:20:02 49c is the highest so far Dec 05 23:20:21 after how long at what load? Dec 05 23:20:45 idle, and 15 min Dec 05 23:21:19 how long has it been constant? Dec 05 23:21:21 that's 4c above the load temp with the fan Dec 05 23:21:27 ~5 min Dec 05 23:21:55 what was the difference in temperatures between load and idle with the fan running? Dec 05 23:22:34 pretty much null a couple of degrees at moments Dec 05 23:43:20 hrmmm, up to 57c just with cpu load (no network load) Dec 05 23:44:17 ouch Dec 05 23:44:21 that's getting to be a tad too much Dec 05 23:44:25 no forced resets yet? Dec 05 23:44:37 (when it overheats it reboots itself) Dec 05 23:44:38 no, but stil Dec 05 23:44:55 yeah i wouldn't even let a normal processor get to 60c like that Dec 05 23:45:04 let alone an embedded one Dec 05 23:45:11 * Thell_ agrees Dec 05 23:45:47 Well, I guess I'll put the fan back on and then do a test in a warmer environment Dec 05 23:46:08 my intel gets >60 regulary :) Dec 05 23:46:28 lol Dec 05 23:46:35 sounds like time to buy an aftermarket cooler =p Dec 05 23:46:42 I have Dec 05 23:46:48 The stock one ran at 70C :) Dec 05 23:47:38 Core temps: 64, 55, 56, 62 Dec 05 23:47:39 lol, well, I am out in a cold shop right now. So I can imagine being in a comfortable room that this would easily get up above that. Dec 05 23:54:08 I must say that I am very happy with the placement of the pot. Just remove the cover and turn the screw, no moving of the board at all :) Dec 05 23:59:12 time to do some testing in the house. chat with you all later. Dec 06 01:22:38 * Thell is back Dec 06 01:22:58 and I have a uaputl question if anyone is familiar with its' setup Dec 06 01:24:26 I've got uap0 currently set to 192.168.2.1, and udhcp.conf has been altered from x.x.1.x to x.x.2.x and then i brought uap0 down, restarted udhcpd with force reload, and brought uap0 back up Dec 06 01:25:16 I connect via my laptop and get assigned 192.168.1.100 Dec 06 01:25:44 so I tried uaputl sys_reset and it tells me I have a bad address Dec 06 01:25:53 any ideas? Dec 06 01:59:21 got it... ended up modifying the init_setup.sh script and restarted. Still don't know the reason doing it manually didn't work though. **** ENDING LOGGING AT Mon Dec 06 02:59:57 2010