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by eapperley
Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:47 pm
Forum: Power and Heat
Topic: over-heating
Replies: 5
Views: 12141

Re: over-heating

Irad, I can't get access to the site at present and the users aren't keen on removing the fan for testing, but here are some details. fit-PC3 LP Diskless (AMD G-T40E CPU, 4GB RAM) SSD is an ADATA SX900 64GB drive Wireless LAN is disabled 2 x Self-Powered Seagate 2TB USB drives on front USB ports OS ...
by eapperley
Sat Mar 05, 2016 1:16 am
Forum: Power and Heat
Topic: over-heating
Replies: 5
Views: 12141

Re: over-heating

We have experienced exactly the same problem - we have two units. Most of the time the CPU is idle and its never handling video streams and the CPU load is never high. The room temperature does not exceed 35C, the units are supported on a ventilated tray in the middle of a rack. The symptom we have ...
by eapperley
Sat May 31, 2014 11:45 pm
Forum: USB
Topic: There is a USB 3.0 POrt issues.
Replies: 7
Views: 13897

Re: There is a USB 3.0 POrt issues.

We have also experienced problems with the USB3.0 ports and external USB drives. I didn't report this previously as I thought it was maybe an issue with the external hardware. I didn't have the time at that stage to spend on further investigation, but it is now clear that this is likely a hardware i...
by eapperley
Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:25 am
Forum: Linux on fit-PC3
Topic: Turn off Wireless LAN Adaptor to save power?
Replies: 2
Views: 7990

Re: Turn off Wireless LAN Adaptor to save power?

I have an answer for one of the questions that I raised - yet to be confirmed but certainly the wireless network doesn't auto connect to a network at boot time. Reduce Power Consumption by Disabling WiFi Transmitter Add a line to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file as follows: blacklist rtl8192c...
by eapperley
Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:11 pm
Forum: Linux on fit-PC3
Topic: Turn off Wireless LAN Adaptor to save power?
Replies: 2
Views: 7990

Turn off Wireless LAN Adaptor to save power?

We're using the low-power processor version of the Fit3PC with Linux Mint 13 for a small business server. The business is operating in an off-grid eco environment with daytime solar power and nighttime battery reserve with inverters. We have everything working but since the Wireless LAN (WiFi) conne...
by eapperley
Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:44 pm
Forum: Linux on fit-PC3
Topic: External RAID on Fit3PC
Replies: 1
Views: 6721

External RAID on Fit3PC

We have purchased a Fit3PC to implement a low-power file and print server for a smaller energy-conscious business. We are using Linux MINT as the operating system and have installed a solid state disks inside the units as the System Disk. To ensure the integrity of the Client's data we wish to mirro...

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