[vdr] Re: Hardware falures

["Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de>]

Ah yes, well ... do you've some URL's about where buying heatpipes in
Germany as ordinary customer?

       Werner

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 11:50:34AM +0200, Stefaan Coddé wrote:
> This is my last posting about this topic, if You want to continue, best with
> e-mail then.
> 
> The principle of a heat pipe is the same : it transports the heat from a
> hot spot to another place where the actual cooling takes place.
> Big advantage : You only need one pipe (not two like with water cooling)
> You can buy commercial heatpipes in germany, I'll sen you the url later .
> but their implementation takes far more efforts eg.. there are different types
> and keep an eye on bend radius.
> And then, You still end up with a case like the futureclient pc eg large heatsinks
> on the sides of the case. Making such case will be more expensive then
> buying the futureclient.
> 
> And the drilled holes that I've mentioned? Take a look at *any* consumer
> audio amplifier.
> They don't look bad at all but it's alot of work to drill them in line.
> 
> Stefaan