On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 12:17:31 -0800, Chris Berry wrote: >>From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Well, the server in question reagularly went up to 70-80 degC (the >>cpu) in the summers, so choosing between a watercooled case for >>about SEK 3000 (approx USD 300) and installing air-condition in the >>server-room (1,5m x 1,5m x 2,5m) for SEK 45000-50000 (approx USD >>4500-5000) the choice was really simple. 8-} > >Maybe that's all your budget can handle but I have to say that no AC for the >server room is a bad idea, the greatest single source of wear for >electronics is thermal, of course your equipment may be obsolete and need >replacement by the time that's a problem. I am split on this issue. On one hand AC is a must in a server-room. On the other hand USD 5000 for installing AC in a room that's smaller than the smallest closet at home kinda feel like overkill. If the unix-guy over here, decides to mount his sgi-server in a rack and put it in the server, we're definitely going to need AC. But then, we would also run out of place, so we would have to move to a different server-room, which maybe already has AC. See my dilemma? >>Arctic Silver! Great stuff! But it gets everywhere. And smears >>really bad. My home office desk (where I do computer maintenance at >>home) is badly stained with the stuff. You can't get it off! I had >>some stains on my fingers too, after changing a cpu - it took a >>week to wear off... > >Not too hard to get off, use WD-40, works great. If you use that to clean >off a component make sure you clean off the WD-40 with alcohol or it will >start dissolving anything else you put on there. Never occurred to me to spray wd40 on the hardware... 8-) >Another easy solution is >to wear surgical gloves when you're working on CPU's, very cheap and easy to >clean up. I'm allergic to the talk, and get rashes from the non-talk (pvc) gloves... 8-} BW, Sorin # Sorin Srbu, Systems Engineer Web: http://www.farmaci.uu.se # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Phone: +46-18-4714482 >> 5 signals >> GSM # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile Phone: +46-701-718023 # BMC, Box 574, Uppsala University Fax: +46-18-471-4474 # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b # # Public PGP key available on request. ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm