[conspire] (forw) Re: hello from a newbie to hacking

[Rick Moen]

I'll be sending him corrections on a couple of blunders:

> Interesting fact:  Even allegedly quality manufacturers often use cheap,
> badly made fans that rely on sleeve bearings instead of ball bearings.
> My ex-employer VA Linux Systems did, for example.  The interesting part
> is that it's easy and inexpensive to replace them (aftermarket brands to
> look for include Antec, Coolermaster, Vantec, Zalman).  I was so stunned
> by the noise improvement when I replaced the large 120mm case fans in my
> old VA workstation that I also replaced the 60mm case fans in my VA
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> 2U-size rackmount server -- and the improvement was almost as great.

Could be 40mm.  I'd have to measure.  1U rackmount machines sometimes
have fans as small as 25mm, which scream like banshees.

> I'm pretty sure that X58 Express is what's called a "southbridge" chip,
                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^
> i.e., connection point for CPU/memory/fast-IO/video.  Seems like it's
> usually paired with an Intel ICH10 or ICH10R "southbridge" chip -- the
> chip that has all the slower I/O, including mass storage, ethernet, USB.

Should be "northbridge", there.