YOW is a NEXCOM EBS-1563
that I purchased in October 2003 from Orbit Micro. It is no longer in
production. This is a small 7"
x 9" x 2" (roughly 180 mm x 230 mm x 50 mm) embedded computer.
I purchased it with the VIA Eden 667Mhz fanless processor. It
was also available with the 800 Mhz and 1 Ghz C3 processors, but
these versions require fans
I have revision B of the computer which is not quite as shown. The cooling holes at the front have been removed. The rear USB port was moved to the front, so there are now two USB ports stacked in the front. This leaves a gap in the back for a removeable slot for the PCI card. The computer comes with a PCI riser that is not shown.
The heatsink has also changed. It now is dual height. The first inch or so behind the front is full height while the next inch or so is about one third the height.
It turns out that the Eden 667 Mhz processor runs really hot! The Fujitsu hard drive shut down when the case temperature hit 60° C. So I added a fan to the computer and now it is fairly loud. Small cases seem to cause a lot of fan noise to be generated.
The computer has three Realtek 8139C ethernet ports. The first goes to the ADSL modem. The second goes to my LAN. The third goes to a wireless router.
I am disappointed with noise the computer makes, but am
otherwise happy with the computer. The build is very rugged with
everything very well attached.
YOW in it's natural habitat, with a D-Link four port switch on top. To the right is the ADSL modem. To the right of that is the UPS.
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Last modified: Wed Jun 13 20:07:03 EDT 2007