[ale] cpu underclocking

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net (tfreeman at intel.digichem.net)]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Stephen Turner wrote:

> hey i was reading an interesting article where someone reduced the voltage
> of thier cpu and mhz lowerd the voltage to the fans and made a silent
> running pc, going from a 500 mhz pc to a 1.4 loud as #$($ pc i think id
> like to try this, anyone got any comments or suggestions? perhaps some
> good sites on this? anyone tried it themselfs? sounds like a fun server
> project, make a silent cool server :) might reduce failures?

To carry it one step slightly further, is there a source of motherboards 
not based on x86 type archetecture with somewhat better power requirements 
with respect the standard x86? Rebel computers used to have a strong arm 
based machine which maxed out at something like 15 watts, although the 
disk was undersized by today's standards, and slow by the standards then. 
Something based upon a Transmeta processor would be nice also. I'm not 
specifically against some of the embedded boards, but would like the 
options of the desktop type.

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