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- Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:56 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Fanless mini-itx motherboard with a 4x-16x PCI-e slot
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10155
Re: Fanless mini-itx motherboard with a 4x-16x PCI-e slot
... This is the one that imo suits better, its not that expensive, has a PCIe 8x (maybe its 4x electrical), has 5 lans so if either you using them now or later (in case the card burns down), the CPU seems a little faster than J1800, if you need faster than this you will need to go with fans. LAN: 4...
- Fri May 20, 2016 9:39 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Question about coil whine
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9334
Re: Money, what else?
Thanks for explanations. Is there any chance you could do it in a YT video,, with a demonstration before and after? Maybe someone could donate a noisy part, I could donate the silicone or whatever the paint thing is :). If you can convince somebody to do&upload the video, I'm all in; I even have th...
- Wed May 18, 2016 7:52 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Question about coil whine
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9334
Re: Money, what else?
How do you apply it? Small paint brush (if coming in bottle; don't forget to get the remover/thinner), or directly from the spray can. Typical painting guide applies: apply a couple of thin layers instead of a thick one. Cover the problem part completely, especially between the part and the PCB(a s...
- Tue May 17, 2016 7:09 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Question about coil whine
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9334
Re: Money, what else?
Hi lurker, is RTV silicone anything you recommend home users to play with? I would recommend to try conformal coating(polyurethane based) first; surprisingly, in the most cases is enough; it was the go-to solution to silence whining flyback transformers, which wasn't exactly small(up to 15X15X15cm,...
- Sat May 14, 2016 11:27 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Question about coil whine
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9334
Money, what else?
Coil/capacitor whine is a relatively well studied phenomenon; it can be controlled during manufacturing phase(or later, with warranty issues) with RTV Silicone or conformal coating. But like any extra step during manufacturing, in the race to the bottom, the extra will be the first eliminated. /back...
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:15 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Not your ordinary application - silent 92mm fan needed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7135
Re: Not your ordinary application - silent 92mm fan needed
IMO, the noise level isn't the main problem for this particular application; more important would be how constant is the noise level, and how well protected the fan is(ideally both intake/exhaust protected), so almost any 92mm/25mm(thick)@1500rpm with good bearings and covered in fan grills on both ...
- Thu Jun 04, 2015 7:17 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Kotetsu Extra Fan Clips?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3418
Re: Kotetsu Extra Fan Clips?
Check your PM's.sexpot wrote:Hi Guys, been trying to find an extra set of fan clips for my cooler but not having much luck with local Canadian retailers. Do you guys know if generic clips work? I don't want to resort to ghetto modding with zip ties but....
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:51 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Blown inductor - repair feasible? (HD3870)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16867
Re: Blown inductor - repair feasible? (HD3870)
[The problem is, I don't have any RTV silicones. Maybe some of my friends can help. In the meantime, I've gotten in touch with Powercolor and they've come back to me quite promptly. Sent them some photographs and hopefully they'll be able to sort me out. I hope that Powercolor will help, it would b...
- Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:20 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Blown inductor - repair feasible? (HD3870)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16867
Re: Blown inductor - repair feasible? (HD3870)
You can mount back the original inductor without the casing, BUT:
1. Do damn good soldering, and
2. Once in place, cover the inductor completely with acid-free RTV.
1. Do damn good soldering, and
2. Once in place, cover the inductor completely with acid-free RTV.
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:22 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Blown inductor - repair feasible? (HD3870)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16867
Re: Blown inductor - repair feasible? (HD3870)
Solder it back, then cover it with RTV or conformal coating(I think the vibration breaks the choke free, so it needs some dampening).
- Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:46 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: mini itx mobo with more than 2 true pwm fan headers?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7410
Re: mini itx mobo with more than 2 true pwm fan headers?
2 Electrical Specifications 2.1.2 Current Steady state operation fan current draw (with 12.6 V applied, with fan operating in the free stream condition) shall not exceed 1.5 A. Fan current spike during start-up operation (with 12.6 V applied, with fan operating in the free stream condition) shall b...
- Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:38 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: AMD A8-7600 Kaveri APU
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11569
Re: AMD A8-7600 Kaveri APU
Not here.ryboto wrote:No mention of HSA or Mantle?
And to give you an answer to "Why?", here's a question:
What has to do HSA/Mantle with a computer noise level?
/sarcasm
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:05 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Gigabyte fan controls?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18106
Re: Gigabyte fan controls?
What headers does speedfan let you control? All of them? Looks like the UD3 has the same three headers as the UD7. I'm (voltage)controlling only the CPU header, and distribute the power to all the fans(5XNF-F12), then connect the monitoring signal back to the MB. Side note: according to the spec's,...
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:32 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Gigabyte fan controls?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18106
Re: Gigabyte fan controls?
The bundled software used for fan control is called Easy Tunes 6; personally, I wouldn't recommend, because is a resource hog - use SpeedFan instead, it's working, but you have to find out the proper setup yourself by trial and error. As side note, I'm using speedfan on a 990FXA-UD3.
- Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:15 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Panasonic stopping all Plasma TV production
- Replies: 23
- Views: 18660
Re: Panasonic stopping all Plasma TV production
My Pioneer PDP-V402(manufactured: October 1999) after 24,000 hours of usage has a different opinion...aristide1 wrote: ...
Given plasmas rather limited life expectency this may hold some of us over until OLED becomes viable.
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- Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:52 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Updated: Help Identify Failing Hardware
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10780
Re: Help Identify Failing Hardware
I wouldn't exclude the power supply; a failing +5V stand-by line can produce similar problems.
- Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:21 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Gigabyte fan control for Haswell
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10698
Re: Gigabyte fan control for Haswell
Same here.Vulcan wrote: Fan settings are not being written to the bios for me.
- Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:45 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Gigabyte fan control for Haswell
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10698
Re: Gigabyte fan control for Haswell
Easy Tune 6 is a resource hog. It will cause audio and video playback problems; for details look up "dpc latency checker', run the test with and without ET6, the result will speak for himself. Anyway, there's still an use for ET6(at least for me): run on startup, do the hardware setup, exit, then us...
- Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:13 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Does anyone have experience with a SuperMicro X9SBAA-F yet?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13390
Re: Does anyone have experience with a SuperMicro X9SBAA-F y
Review of SuperMicro X9SBAA-F http://www.servethehome.com/Server-detail/supermicro-sys-5017a-ef-intel-atom-centerton-1u-server/ Looks like it idles around 12 Watts? http://www.servethehome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Supermicro-SYS-5017-EF-Power-Consumption.png Thanks for the link; I suppose thi...
- Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:03 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Does anyone have experience with a SuperMicro X9SBAA-F yet?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13390
Re: Does anyone have experience with a SuperMicro X9SBAA-F y
the biggest argument against this particular MB is the memory: ECC SO-DIMM. Approximately, the unbuffered DDR3 ECC SO-DIMM cost double compared to the standard UB DDR3 DIMM. Support for ECC memory is one of the biggest advantages of the Centerton Atom, cost is not the issue, for a server data integ...
- Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:04 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: E3 Xeon Motherboard
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7088
Re: E3 Xeon Motherboard
The Core i3-2XXX and Pentium G2XXX series support ECC and have integrated graphics. Officially* only the G2XXX Pentiums. If in doubt, consult http://ark.intel.com/ . *Official support means full ECC(RAM+Caches); if ECC is enabled for the RAM(detectable by user), it doesn't means that is enabled for...
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:46 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: E3 Xeon Motherboard
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7088
Re: E3 Xeon Motherboard
1) I have both(S120KPR & E3-1220L), and I can confirm that the combination won't boot without a video card(presently the E3-1220L just sits in my parts box, curse you Intel); practically, for this board, you need a CPU with the GPU enabled. 2) There are some Supermicro mITX (Core i3-7) server boards...
- Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:59 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Holy Cow! I hate Comcast
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11617
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:29 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Does anyone have experience with a SuperMicro X9SBAA-F yet?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13390
Re: Does anyone have experience with a SuperMicro X9SBAA-F y
Thank you very much. But I hoped that Centerton was around 10watt. The power for the SuperMicro X9SBAA-F MB I would guesstimate around 11-15W(depending on load); the biggest argument against this particular MB is the memory: ECC SO-DIMM. Approximately, the unbuffered DDR3 ECC SO-DIMM cost double co...
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:17 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Does anyone have experience with a SuperMicro X9SBAA-F yet?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13390
Re: Does anyone have experience with a SuperMicro X9SBAA-F y
What about an Intel S1200KPR + Pentium G2120 combination(yes, it does support ECC)? Idle power isn't too far from the atom, but with way more processing power, and as price should be close. Are you sure about idle power? Where I can see some data? I've done some measurements some time ago, and publ...
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:44 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Unable to « View Background Image »
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5235
Re: Unable to « View Background Image »
Choose "View page source" and search for "body background"(without the quote marks); if you can't find it, is in the CSS file, which is out of my knowledge area.
- Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:55 pm
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: How much current does RAM draw?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6461
Re: How much current does RAM draw?
I've made some measurements on a complete system, with one and two DIMM's installed. Setup: CPU: Intel Pentium G2120 MB: Intel S1200KPR RAM: Kingston KVR133D3E9SK2/16G, 16(2X8)GB DDR3-1333 ECC, 1.5V System power: 1. System on, after 10 minutes idle on the desktop, 2 modules: 19.5V*1.01A=19.7W 2. Sys...
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:02 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Does anyone have experience with a SuperMicro X9SBAA-F yet?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13390
Re: Does anyone have experience with a SuperMicro X9SBAA-F y
What about an Intel S1200KPR + Pentium G2120 combination(yes, it does support ECC)? Idle power isn't too far from the atom, but with way more processing power, and as price should be close.
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:28 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Wiring Dell DA-2 with PicoPSU for standby
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10701
Re: Wiring Dell DA-2 with PicoPSU for standby
I will give a try this weekend to make a detailed explanation.
- Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:02 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Wiring Dell DA-2 with PicoPSU for standby
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10701
Re: Wiring Dell DA-2 with PicoPSU for standby
The "secret" is in this image: original link.
Summary:
1. Uses the power-on button to start the Dell&PicoPSU simultaneously
2. Uses the power-LED pins from the motherboard and an optocoupler to keep the Dell on
Summary:
1. Uses the power-on button to start the Dell&PicoPSU simultaneously
2. Uses the power-LED pins from the motherboard and an optocoupler to keep the Dell on