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List:       soekris-tech
Subject:    Re: [Soekris] Soekris-tech Digest, Vol 93, Issue 5
From:       Joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus ! com>
Date:       2011-11-06 15:50:25
Message-ID: 4EB6ACC1.8080807 () bogus ! com
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On 11/6/11 05:21 , Alvar Kusma wrote:
>  > Net6501 and case on my desk and looking at the
>  > 2.5" drive mounting bracket and asking "why is that drive mounting
>  > bracket needed at all?"
> 
> As we all probably know, case design is not a stronger part of Soekris 
> team at all (constant overheating issues, HDD mounting over PCB, which 
> adds another potential overheat risk, non-optimal ventilation holes 
> placement etc).

I've had 4521s/4801s/5501s and I've never had one overheat. the
enclosure is clearly not suitable for all manner of deployments, so
perhaps one should plan accordingly.

> Same goes with very picky BIOS-es, at least with Geode based routers. 
> Even old coreboot code can use serial port console long time since and 
> offers various boot media choices without much trouble.
>
> Sorry to be heard so critical, but when nobody says nothing about weak 
> things, then no one at Soekris cares. More than 5 years experience with 
> various Geode based boards leaves something bad feeling with Soekris not 
> so cheap boards (compared to other similar devices). By electronic 
> design those are ok, but case design, end user manual (yes, i point 
> again to net5501 nonexistent official documentation) and problematic 
> BIOS issues leaves a room for improvement.
> 
> =<Alvar>=
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