Re: [tlug] ThinkCentre hardware debugging.

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

CL wrote:
> Edward Middleton wrote:
>
> ... since you seem to have found solutions to the rest, only one bit is 
> left to answer ...
>
> > The original intention was to use this as a replacement for an earlier
> > celeron server running my blog.   How stable are these machine after a
> > good cleanup?
>
> Rock solid if a bit noisy at times.  I've had a couple that sounded like 
> a box of rocks when running and others that were dead quiet.  My late 
> lamented 3.0GHz Northridge box (800Mhz FSB) was silent.  However, if you 
> live in an area that has poor wiring and high lightning activity, and 
> your surge protection gets overwhelmed by a direct kit, the box acts as 
> an excellent surge stopper ;-(  All in all good value for money IMNSHO

Cool,  it has been running since I last emailed, I am now puting it 
through its paces with a full Gentoo system rebuild.  I have been 
considering getting a good UPS to isolate smy servers but at +2万円 I 
might just stick with backups.

Cheers,

Edward