[plug] that Netway Computers board...

[Onno Benschop]

On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 10:55, Bernd Felsche wrote:
> Well there is a thermodynamic difference to blowing air onto it and
> sucking it past.

:-)

> Air is a very poor conductor of heat. Whenever possible, the heat
> sinks of the main heat sources should be thermally-connected to the
> exterior using a good conductor; possibly copper.

That would involve actually modifying the board and that is not really
an option - given that I've already had to swap out one modem when Optus
decided that swapping hardware was simpler than providing a firmware
update electronically. (Strangely enough, that's exactly what they do
back at base, but I'm obviously not smart enough to upgrade firmware -
although Optus never said so... :-)

I'm considering puting a thermo-couple in the loop to power off if the
box gets too hot - any comments?

Onno Benschop 

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