Sign In
Create Account
Follow Us on Twitter
Subscribe on Youtube
2
Just wondering are cobwebs on my motherboard and other boards a serious risk???
I was poking around in my server and there are quiet a few in there (luckily for me the fan which can move 140 cubic meters of air a minute scared them away).
Also is that fan speed overkill?
3 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 17 October 2011 - 09:53 PM
bbqroast
-
- Members
-
- 554 posts
Codecall Addict
- Location:/etc/passwd
Please, write clearly with proper structure. Double spacing makes the text feel un-jointed, Capitalizing Every Word Means People Stop Before Every Word Sub-Consciously Which Is A Pain In The Backside, and use code tags! (The right most styling box).
Back to top|
|
|
#2
Posted 18 October 2011 - 02:22 AM
Alexander
-
- Moderators
-
- 4,118 posts
It's Science!
- Location:Vancouver, Eh! Cleverness: 200
I would assume more for the spider, heated chips, CPU that can boil water, slicing fan, whirring harddisk, 1 Watt laser dvd burner, a 100-220 VAC transformer, malware, you name it.
A large fan with small speed can do more than a small fan with large speed, however that seems sufficient provided your room is large enough so that turbulance does not form.
Alexander.
Quote
140 cubic meters [...] fan speed overkill?
Alexander.
Be sure to read the updated FAQ! || Health is achieved through the same 10,000 steps.
If a suggested code/method fails, informing us is less important than telling us why or what errors occurred.
If a suggested code/method fails, informing us is less important than telling us why or what errors occurred.
#3
Posted 18 October 2011 - 06:27 AM
WingedPanther
-
- Moderators
-
- 16,831 posts
A spammer's worst nightmare
- Location:Upstate, South Carolina
- Programming Language:C, C++, PL/SQL, Delphi/Object Pascal, Pascal, Transact-SQL, Others
- Learning:Java, C#, PHP, JavaScript, Lisp, Fortran, Haskell, Others
My wife has a degree in electronics. Dust is the #1 enemy of electronics, because it retards heat dissipation. I would expect cobwebs, if not blown away by the fan, to be a similar problem.
#4
Posted 18 October 2011 - 06:48 PM
bbqroast
-
- Members
-
- 554 posts
Codecall Addict
- Location:/etc/passwd
Meh there gone now, yeah I do need to get a quieter fan for it.
The only issue is that the best way of silencing a computer is using large slower fans, this works a charm in terms of cooling and sound but larger fans drop below 1000RPM on most settings. While this is no real danger as the computer is still moving plenty of air the motherboard assumes the 80mm fans are being used and goes into panic mode revving up everything to 2000~RPM before calming down forgetting the incident.
This results in a sine wave-like noise pattern as the fans are pushed up to full power before spinning down only to be revved up again...
Also the poweredge has a fanless heat sink, instead it has a large tube that pushes most of the air from the case fan over the heat sink (the rest either blows across the motherboard or through the RAM.
Got to go my cat has just found a wild chair.
The only issue is that the best way of silencing a computer is using large slower fans, this works a charm in terms of cooling and sound but larger fans drop below 1000RPM on most settings. While this is no real danger as the computer is still moving plenty of air the motherboard assumes the 80mm fans are being used and goes into panic mode revving up everything to 2000~RPM before calming down forgetting the incident.
This results in a sine wave-like noise pattern as the fans are pushed up to full power before spinning down only to be revved up again...
Also the poweredge has a fanless heat sink, instead it has a large tube that pushes most of the air from the case fan over the heat sink (the rest either blows across the motherboard or through the RAM.
Got to go my cat has just found a wild chair.
Please, write clearly with proper structure. Double spacing makes the text feel un-jointed, Capitalizing Every Word Means People Stop Before Every Word Sub-Consciously Which Is A Pain In The Backside, and use code tags! (The right most styling box).
1 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users
