6 Jan
2003
6 Jan
'03
4:50 a.m.
I measured the power consumption of my Alpha DEC
3000-600: 230 W. Even
my newish 500 MHz Alpha and the Indigo2 (on topic since 1.1. ;-) ) are
only at about 140..150 W.
I've noticed that my Alphastation 500/500 generates more heat
than my Alphaserver 4100, and the 4100 has two power supplies
and four 466MHz CPUs.
I couldn't believe it at first (I added the AS500 and the room
got a lot warmer) so I shut them both down, let the room cool
off, then brought the AS500 up. The room quickly got warm. I
then shut the AS500 down, let the room cool off, then brought
up the 4100. The room stayed cool.
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Eric Dittman
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