Now THIS is a silent computer

[x86MeOneMoreTime]

I wanted something *silent* to use to check my mail, so i made what must be one of the most silent computers in the 'hood.

It consists of:
Mobo IBM-Generic (1993)
CPU Intel 486 SX (1993)
GPU Generic VGA Card (not SVGA) (1993)
Mem 16 MB (?)
Internal ETH card.

Peripherials connected:
Floppy drive, Silenced Keyboard. (1995,1999)

And since it contains no fans what so ever (not even the powersupply has a fan) it is COMPLETELY silent!

It runs a home-made floppybased linuxdist. (and to people not used to linux it uses a ramdisk technology that doesent make the floppydrive spin and make noise all the time)

Perfect for IRCing, checking mail etc.

[ArcticFox]

Neat!

Can you post an audio recording of your computer running? I think everyone would love to hear it

[Telexen]

Still does that stuff slowly

[tmx468]

I heard of one guy who loaded a P133 with headloads of RAM, and got a silent HDD. On bootup, it loaded the entire OS into a RAMdrive, and ran from there. Super fast, and he wrote a script (or twenty!!!) so that any changes were written back to the HDD. Not bad - and of course with such a proc, no fan was needed.
Win 95 was his OS of choice - took a while to boot, but flew afterwards!

[Telexen]

no fan with a P133? My ass...I've burned my finger on one of those running less than a minute without a HSF

[Mike]

Which proves a point: Don't touch the CPU unless you know it's cool.

[Telexen]

I did know it was cool...I was just wrong

[Mike]

I have always had a HSF and fans in a computer case anyway. I find other ways to fry computer parts.

[x86MeOneMoreTime]

Originally posted by ArcticFox
Neat!

Can you post an audio recording of your computer running? I think everyone would love to hear it

Well, that's kinda pointless as it doesent have any sound creating factors. It is completely silent. (well, i suppose the transformators in the powersupplies would make a really tiny like 2dB humming sound if you used some kind of ultra sensetive sound-detecting machine)

[Telexen]

Originally posted by x86MeOneMoreTime


Well, that's kinda pointless as it doesent have any sound creating factors. It is completely silent. (well, i suppose the transformators in the powersupplies would make a really tiny like 2dB humming sound if you used some kind of ultra sensetive sound-detecting machine)

I think it was a joke