TrickyDicky
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Hi, first post, so be gentle
I've been given an original Shuttle SV25, which I'm turning into a small and silent Linux server for my home. The silent bit is proving harder than expected, as this was a LOUD machine, producing a huge amount of fan noise. However, reducing the noise with better/slower fans is leading to issues with temp, and still not making it quiet enough for my planned needs. To solve that I'm going to switch out the motherboard for a passively cooled mini-ITX unit, but with 2x320GB mirrored data drives and a little laptop system drive all crammed into that little case, I'm still very concerned about heat, and want to keep an eye on it. Since its going to run completely headless, a case-mounted display seems sensible.
But then I thought it would be good to add a couple of extra (warning) indicators, and some buttons, to allow me to select different screens of information. Originally I was looking at a Matrix Orbital module (which has keyboard and GPIO support) and some fabrication, but then I came across the CFA-635, which looks perfect for me. However, although I like the 635 a lot (fits in my single 5.25 bay, sensible buttons, reasonable size LCD, USB connectivity) I've got an issue with it. I really don't like either of the display colour combinations
I like the black on grey look of the CFAH2004A-TFH, and the PLED look of a negative backlit LCD like the CFAH2002A-YMI (though not the colour - I really don't like that yellowy/green at all). Which made me wonder if it would be possible to change the white backlighting LEDs on the CFA-635-TMF to get a true black background and coloured pixels, achieving more of a PLED effect
If so what colours would work? And is that something that I could do myself (it looks unlikely) and if not, could it be done as a factory mod, and how much extra would that cost ? Alternatively, are there any plans to offer alternative colour combinations or a PLED/OLED/VFD version of the 635 any time soon?
Thanks for any and all advice.
I've been given an original Shuttle SV25, which I'm turning into a small and silent Linux server for my home. The silent bit is proving harder than expected, as this was a LOUD machine, producing a huge amount of fan noise. However, reducing the noise with better/slower fans is leading to issues with temp, and still not making it quiet enough for my planned needs. To solve that I'm going to switch out the motherboard for a passively cooled mini-ITX unit, but with 2x320GB mirrored data drives and a little laptop system drive all crammed into that little case, I'm still very concerned about heat, and want to keep an eye on it. Since its going to run completely headless, a case-mounted display seems sensible.
But then I thought it would be good to add a couple of extra (warning) indicators, and some buttons, to allow me to select different screens of information. Originally I was looking at a Matrix Orbital module (which has keyboard and GPIO support) and some fabrication, but then I came across the CFA-635, which looks perfect for me. However, although I like the 635 a lot (fits in my single 5.25 bay, sensible buttons, reasonable size LCD, USB connectivity) I've got an issue with it. I really don't like either of the display colour combinations
I like the black on grey look of the CFAH2004A-TFH, and the PLED look of a negative backlit LCD like the CFAH2002A-YMI (though not the colour - I really don't like that yellowy/green at all). Which made me wonder if it would be possible to change the white backlighting LEDs on the CFA-635-TMF to get a true black background and coloured pixels, achieving more of a PLED effect
If so what colours would work? And is that something that I could do myself (it looks unlikely) and if not, could it be done as a factory mod, and how much extra would that cost ? Alternatively, are there any plans to offer alternative colour combinations or a PLED/OLED/VFD version of the 635 any time soon?
Thanks for any and all advice.
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