Re: Dying net6501 servers

Brook Milligan <[email protected]> Fri, 2 Sep 2016 09:57:19 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.soekris.technical
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sep 2, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a few net6501 that I am not yet using (have been sitting powered
> off).  I am wondering how much is understood about the failure mode, and
> if setting the clock frequency much lower (half or quarter of max) would
> reduce heat and the likelihood of failure.  For most of my uses, I need
> a box to do something simple (NTP, low-speed router), and really a
> net5501 is adequate.

Interesting idea.  I have a box I would be willing to try this on, as I have it doing similar (generally low-power) things.  How does one control the clock frequency?

Cheers,
Brook