9 Aug
2011
9 Aug
'11
3:06 p.m.
On 9 Aug 2011 at 17:08, Dave McGuire wrote:
PCIe has the little latch on the other end for x16
cards. That
seems to help a bit with the popping out problem.
Something doubtless learned from the AGP poppers before someone got
the idea of putting a latch on the motherboard.
For me, the idea of cards with little fans mounted to them (or even
CPU heatsinks with fans on them) points to poor design.
I've got an old server with two P3/1GHz Slot 1 CPUs in it. They're
located too close together to get good circulation from heatsink-
mounted fans (besides, I don't trust the little buggers). I took
some 3/8" Plexiglas and worked up ounting for a (Papst) 120mm fan
that sits right over both CPUs. The highest temp I've observed thus
far has been a toasty 38C.
I think IBM did something similar with their Slot 1 Netfinity
servers.
--Chuck