On 06/21/2011 05:59 AM, Andrew Z wrote:
> your thought about rising cpu temp is an interesting one. Ill start 
> monitoring it .

If you decide to "Blow Out" the dust from your CPU fan/heatsink,
a typical cause of loud CPU fans, remember to hold the fan
and not let it spin freely.   This will protect your fan's pwm circuitry
when your fan switches from motor mode to generator mode.
(Don't ask how I know that one.)

Also, I use a front panel (fits in a CD-ROM slot), powered USB
hub from SIIG.  Saves me a lot of heart ache when things draw
too much power. But, be careful, the ground of the powered
hub must be hard grounded to your case, not just the power
supply's ground. It you are not hard grounded to the case, Linux
will reboot if you have a static charge on your hand and you
insert your stick into the hub.  (Okay, I "may" have rebooted a
production level server three times before I figured that one out.).

-T