[ale] cpu underclocking

[Matt Magee]

On Wednesday 18 December 2002 03:49 pm, you wrote:
> i would imagine that lowering the voltage would increase the current.
>  Brownouts can destroy compressors and such.  Are the amps so low that
> the voltage drops don't matter?

Ohm's law.... less voltage, same resistance = less current


> speaking of quiet power supplies, tomshardware.com has a nice writeup on
> testing a lot of power supplies in 300 watt range for quality.  Several
> were very quiet and reliable.
> Dow
>
> 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?
> >
> >__________________________________________________
> >Do you Yahoo!?
> >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now.
> >http://mailplus.yahoo.com
> >_______________________________________________
> >Ale mailing list
> >Ale at ale.org
> >http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale