[KLUG Members] Re: Broadband firewalls -- flawed logic and analysis ...

[Mike Morrett]

On 08 Dec 2002 09:27:49 -0500, "Bruce Smith" <bruce@armintl.com> said:
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> I have it on good authority (although I've never tried it personally)
> that you can disconnect the power supply fan in a Pentium PC running
> FloppyFW.  I guess it doesn't use enough horsepower to generate heat.
> 
> Disclaimer:  Try at your own risk, and don't blame me if you smoke that
> $5 Pentium box!  :-)   And of course, you shouldn't be mucking with
> power supplies if you don't know what you're doing. (and don't forget to
> unplug it first :)

On my IPCop firewall PC (486/100MHz), I added a 20-ohm/2-watt resistor
(or was it a 50-ohm?) in the fan supply wire to cut the fan noise level
considerably.

Mike

P.S.  To calculate the ohms and watts for the added resistor, I used
Ohm's law (V = I * R) and the info on the sticker on the fan.  Or maybe I
used my millimeter to measure the volts and milliamps???
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