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Fixing the ridiculous downtime |
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As some folks may have noticed, I've had a hard time keeping this |
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incompatible with most battery backups (UPS), I do have it attached to |
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hone it likes, but the batteries are OLD/worn, and expensive. |
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I've decided to nip the problem in the bud twofold: |
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First I ordered new batteries for the UPS, and I hope it fixes the UPS. |
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Secondly I ordered a whole new system... A WYSE Dx0Q. |
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The new WYSE will draw only 7 to 15 watts from the UPS, so I'll be |
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extremely surprised if the UPS cannot handle it, haha. Furthermore the |
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WYSE has a power brick instead of a built-in PSU, there are UPSes made |
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just for supplying power bricks for extended periods of time which work |
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a helluva lot better than traditional UPSes, so that's my backup plan. |
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Here's a proc comparison between the current Lenovo and the WYSE: |
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Processor Intel Pentium E2180 AMD GX-415GA |
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Freqency 1.2-2.0 GHz 1.5 GHz |
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Lithography 65nm 28nm |
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Cores 2 4 |
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Threads 2 (I think) 4 |
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L2 Cache 1 MB 2 MB |
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TDP 65 W 15 W |
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Should be interesting... I'm really digging the lower power consumption |
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and passive cooling. |
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The WYSE has 2 SATA slots (that I know of!) on the mainboard, and an |
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mPCIe slot... The only downsides I've noticed so far with the system are |
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the built-in NIC is a crappy Realtek 8111/8168/8411 and it has an LPC bus |
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(why the fuck ISA/LPC is still around is beyond me)... |
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I suppose the USB ports or the mPCIe port will make up for the crappy RTL |
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NIC if it gives me issues. |
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I'll post more on this later. Wish me luck. |
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how do measure hardware draw? |
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Posted Sat Aug 17 01:10:38 UTC 2019 by 46.182.18.29 |
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I use either a Kill-a-watt EZ or the built-in power meter on my UPS |
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(CyberPower CP1350PFCLCD) when I do measurements myself. |
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Any WYSE wattages I have posted about before today came from David |
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Parkinson's website https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/wyse/d/dx0q/ |
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Intel TDP numbers are from Intel ARK: https://ark.intel.com |
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Posted Sat Aug 17 21:15:01 UTC 2019 by zcrayfish |
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please post more about this. I'm currently running a Z90 as a home |
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server https://grosu.nl/systems/wyse.html |
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Posted Mon Aug 19 00:33:52 UTC 2019 by 217.19.24.30 |
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Hi. I have checked your gopher.zcrayfish.soy and i see you |
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