OT: CPU Fan

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 09:05:13PM -0500, Phil Kay wrote:
> I apologize for the off-topic message, but I figured someone here might know 
> where I can pick up a socket 370 1U CPU fan.  It needs to be the kind that 
> exhausts to the side.  We have a Symbol Wireless switch (WS5000) that needs a 
> new fan.  We've done some digging, but are having trouble finding one.  Does 
> anyone here know of a place where we could pick one up?  TIA
> 
> To tie this just a little to the list:  The fan is sounding horrible and the 
> BIOS on the switch shuts the device down if the CPU gets too hot.  
> Apparently, this happened during a software upgrade.  That toasted the 
> configuration.  We have it up and running again and upgraded the OS to the 
> lastest version.  The thing now runs Linux!  It uses apache and postgre for 
> the db.  It had previously been running LynxOS.  We've been very pleased with 
> its operation so far and are glad to add one more Linux server to our 
> collection.
> 
> Thanks again for any help you can provide.  All replies about the fan can come 
> to me directly.  If you have more questions about the device (on-topic), I'd 
> be glad to answer them.

Hmm, all the 1U servers I have worked with just had heatsinks on the CPU
and piles of 40mm fans directing air from front to back of the machine.
Usually about 8 fans or so accross the case.

1U stuff is often somewhat proprietary so it would take some searching
to find a fan for that.  Not the kind of thing a desktop user would ever
need after all.

Len Sorensen
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