Toughest motherboard?

[DD]

What is the toughest motherboard? Or brand? I would like to find out which
one will survive best in high vibration environments.

[Rob Stow]

DD wrote: What is the toughest motherboard? Or brand? I would like to find out which one will survive best in high vibration environments.

Do a search for "single board computer" or SBC.
A lot of them are designed for industrial applications in
operating conditions that would quickly ruin a normal PC.

Even if you are not interested in an SBC, the same
manufacturers/vendors should have other products that might
satisfy you.


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[Norm Dresner]

"Rob Stow" <rob.stow.nospam@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:RWsOd.343247$Xk.68839@pd7tw3no... DD wrote: What is the toughest motherboard? Or brand? I would like to find out
which one will survive best in high vibration environments. Do a search for "single board computer" or SBC. A lot of them are designed for industrial applications in operating conditions that would quickly ruin a normal PC. Even if you are not interested in an SBC, the same manufacturers/vendors should have other products that might satisfy you.

I'll second that recommendation.We've been running rackmounted PC boxes for
over almost 2 decades in aircraft using passive ISA & mixed ISA/PCI
backplanes and SBC's. Of course, your environment might be harsher than the
interior of a BAC 1-11, 737, or T-39. If that's the case, you should also
investigate "shock mounts" which are vibration isolation devices. We've
also run rack mounted microVAX and SGI workstations too.

Norm

[Tony Hill]

On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:30:54 GMT, "DD" <dontsendhere@nospam.com>
wrote:
What is the toughest motherboard? Or brand? I would like to find out whichone will survive best in high vibration environments.

You're chassis is going to have a MUCH larger impact here than the
type of motherboard you use. If you have a really high-vibration
environment, your best bet is definitely going to be to get a complete
system designed for such an environment.

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wonderful person Tony Hill <hilla_nospam_20@yahoo.ca> saidOn Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:30:54 GMT, "DD" <dontsendhere@nospam.com>wrote:What is the toughest motherboard? Or brand? I would like to find out whichone will survive best in high vibration environments.You're chassis is going to have a MUCH larger impact here than thetype of motherboard you use. If you have a really high-vibrationenvironment, your best bet is definitely going to be to get a completesystem designed for such an environment.

Seconded. And, of course, the stuff with 'moving parts' (notably hard
disks and optical drives) is going to cr&p out way before most
motherboards will be damaged (although half-kilogram Cu heatsinks on AMD
mountings are a definite no-no as well).

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