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Dell Inspiron 5100
Member Review The fan cooling (actually, the "lack of" cooling system) is a major problem. It seems that the tech support guys walk you through a maze of "try this, and see what happens" before they tell you that it will cost you an arm and both legs to replace...
[October 13, 2005, 8:25]
CPU Frequency Scaling
Blog Sure enough, it did the trick - as soon as I rebooted, the CPU monitor showed the frequency dropping from 1.6GHz to 800 MHz when the system was idle, the cooling fan didn't run nearly as much (mostly not at all), and the bottom of the Mini-Note...
[April 3, 2009, 14:03 in Jamie's Random Musings by J.A. Watson]
Processor benchmarks: Intel versus AMD
Talkback But at 2500+ (1834 MHz) with a Radeon 9800 pro my system is at full graphics 1024 X 768 in Far Cry so I haven't really needed this option at this point other than I know that my system can handle this under stock cooling.
About: Processor benchmarks: Intel versus AMD
[February 22, 2005, 11:13]
Intel and the correct use of power
Blog Incidentally, this means that if your computer has poor or faulty cooling, your chip will throttle back to save its life at the expense of performance - which is why Intel is also testing fluid dynamic models of case cooling.
[September 23, 2009, 23:38 in News Blog by Rupert Goodwins]
Dell Inspiron 5100
Member Review This laptop shuts down repeatedly due to a terrible design flaw within the cooling system. Do not buy this laptop.
[December 23, 2004, 11:11]
Apple Power Mac G5 dual 2.5GHz
Member Review The cooling system is quiet and gives the machine some character, but I'm worried that it's not quite right.under very high load I've had the machine go to sleep on me twice, but no work was lost. It's about as expensive as a similarly-specified PC...
[November 10, 2004, 11:28]
Data centres get greener
Blog What's interesting is the way that the cooling system has been designed with the idea of lowering costs: there's an ambient air cooler that kicks in when outside temperatures dip below 10 degrees C, a big diesel generator, but also a flywheel...
[August 25, 2009, 9:27 in Uptime by manek]
Out of the cardboard box thinking on green data centres
Blog Cardboard courses dust, and dust is the enemy of the data centre, it clogs cooling fans and makes the whole system work harder and run hotter. Expensive kit and building costs aside, power and cooling eats electricity and consequentially buckets of...
[September 24, 2008, 22:50 in Uptime by Andrew Donoghue]
Shouldn't your servers be sweating?
Blog Oh yes, and liquid cooling. Not only would it make the server room a more pleasant place to work from a temperature point of view - many of the ones I've seen are freezing - it would mean less cooling, fewer fans, and - get this - much less noise.
[August 6, 2009, 15:38 in Uptime by manek]
Dell Inspiron 5100
Member Review Cooling system in this this is horrid, doesn't work, it burned out 2 weeks out of warranty. Thank you Dell, I'll make sure I never reccomend you again
[January 20, 2005, 10:33]
RE: A new threat from the datacentre: you're making your staff deaf!
Blog Comment Something has just occurred to me about the cooling theme. Maybe there is a way to convert this heat into light before it gets too hot, then perhaps this light could be focused through a magnifier of some kind and ejected from the system, or even...
[June 27, 2008, 9:49 by roger andre]
RE: Shouldn't your servers be sweating?
Blog Comment Creating cooling zones within the server itself also impacts the energy a system consumes not just the energy used to heat it up but the energy used to cool it down too, and then there is of course the question of water cooling too.
[August 11, 2009, 9:36 by 1000158494]
Sun christens its power-saving processor
Talkback This new technology has the potential to eliminate racks of web & blade servers with a single 1U high unit from SUN (with similar CPU power, vastly reduced power/cooling requirements, and tremendous complexity reduction!
About: Sun christens its power-saving processor
[November 16, 2005, 23:27]
Eggs & Baskets
Talkback Probably because a bean counter thought the hosting company could increase its profits by installing 25% more hardware than the cooling system was specified for. Remind me again of the cost savings when your business grinds to a halt because a...
About: Firms fail to recognise Web 2.0 cost-saving potential
[May 1, 2009, 21:05 by Tezzer]
More low-energy datacentres reach planning stage
Blog IBM's 6,000-sq.foot data centre, to be built in NY state, will cost US$12.4 million, and is to feature its own tri-generation electrical system, as well as including the latest generation of power-efficient server and cooling systems.
[June 4, 2009, 18:07 in Uptime by manek]
Hyper-warped-visor-consolidation Confabulation
Blog If the servers are still running, do they really use that much AC power and cooling to justify replacing them with something that will run hotter and cost more? Excuse me if I sound stupid but consolidation and virtualization could be two separate...
[July 8, 2008, 2:38 in Homebrew Blog by Xwindowsjunkie]
Energy Utopia Shows A Practical Face.The Time's Ripe For A Power Harvest.
Blog It could be from sounds around us, the roar of jet aircraft taking off and landing, a voice, spare heat from rocks cooling down after a sunny day, furniture being moved around,tectonic plates, you get the drift, absolutely everything!
[August 30, 2008, 10:03 in Thoughts and Theories From Roger Andre by roger andre]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Vapour-phase cooling of a 600MHz Alpha chip means you can run it at 767MHz, and ice-cold company Kryotech is snuggling up to Digital to produce just such a machine. With Windows CE as it is, if something else is busy - the satellite global...
[April 11, 1998, 8:00 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
RE: Stirling work for cooling your chips
Blog Comment But the real advance might be the new Baxi domestic chp system that uses a gas-fired Stirling engine to generate electricity in the home, and provide hot water and central heating as a by-product. The thing about the Stirling engine is that it is...
[February 29, 2008, 22:40 by ChrisPartridge]
Luminex ties with COPAN's MAID
Blog COPAN’s heavily patented technology helps with exactly that issue allowing its customers to see significant savings in power, cooling and even floor space. According to COPAN, only 46 fans are needed on a full cabinet in comparison with up to 100...
[February 26, 2008, 15:03 in News Blog by Colin Barker]
