If anyone has an suggestions (apart from the obvious "reflash the BIOS"), I'd be interested in hearing them... I can only think of the obvious... The downside is the nonzero chance of bricking the MB... I'll see how desperate I get, by trial and error I've found that just going into the setup and e...

In case this provides more information, it seems to be something controlled by the BIOS at power-up, if I manage to get into the BIOS setup before the boot process continues and then, changing nothing, select "Save and exit", the system restarts with the fan running at the correct speed (which in th...

For the last month or so my previously-silent system has had an intermittent problem where the CPU fan is stuck on full throttle at power-up. I've had the system for about two years now and it's only just started happening, generally if I leave it to run for about 15s, power it down again, and then ...

Samsung Syncmaster 191T : Silent. Acer AL2016 : Incredibly annoying buzz at any brightness level below 95%. Sent it back to Acer (along with a printout from an electronics site that discusses the problem and implies that the CCFL inverters that exhibit this problem are faulty). They replaced it (af...

Thanks, I'll have a look and report back [...] I don't mind paying for it, as long as it's value for money (i.e. doesn't consume 15-20MB just to display a few temps in the notification area :-). I've now looked at both SensorsView and HMonitor , and ended up going for HMonitor for the dual reasons ...

Take a look at SensorsView Pro . It is updated frequently.....plus it's the nicest looking prog out there. Too bad it actually costs money. :lol: Thanks, I'll have a look and report back. After considerable digging I also found HMonitor , which seems similar in features (and cost) to SVP. I don't m...

If Speedfan is giving you incorrect temperatures, any other app will do as well I'm currently running it (for testing) on an older machine on which MBM works fine (it displays fan speeds, voltages, temperatures, etc). Speedfan can't see any temp sensors except the HDD one, sees the fan speed sensor...

Can anyone suggest any system temp/voltage/whatever monitoring apps other than MBM, Speedfan, or Everest? MBM has always been my favourite but it's showing its age :-(, it doesn't work with newer hardware. Speedfan is too erratic (requires a lot of fiddling, shows weird temps and voltages, and doesn...

This is a follow-on from an earlier thread , I thought I'd give this one its own thread to extract it from the slot cooler discussion. The TMG SL1 is the usual TT didn't-quite-hit-the-mark design, but luckily all but one of the problems can be bypassed without too much effort. The first thing is the...

Equilateral wrote:(I'm still waiting for the slot cooler to ship, it's back-ordered).

It's arrived, but I've had to hack it around a bit to make it useful. I've given it it's own thread for people looking for info on it, see "Fixing a TT SL1 slot cooler" for details.

Which VGA card do you have, and what's the wattage? I'm running my Radeon 9800Pro (47 watt, according to XBitlabs) passively in a P180 with only two Nexus at 5 volt. dont now the VGA temps as mentioned, but it's stable 8) The Gigabyte GV-RX26P512H, http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Products_O...

Just a further $0.02, it's not uncommon to find this across almost any brand and model. As others have suggested, the only real option is to keep RMA'ing until you get one that works OK. I currently have an Acer 20" LCD out on RMA for exactly this problem, it seems to be more or less pot luck whethe...

Besides, if I claimed that the TMG SL1 is inaudible, how reliable would that statement be? Given that this is silentpcreview.com and not firebreathingoverclockers.com, I tend to trust people's opinions here :-). So, I suggest you try the following: 1) If not already there, install the intake fan in...

Have you tried using the front intake fan in the P180 and removing all the PCI slot covers at the rear? Haven't tried it but I'd considered it. The problem with that approach is that I'd need to hack in a pile of ducting to direct the air over the graphics card and then out the PCI slots, whereas s...

Luminair wrote:You could just as easily get a video card with a 2 slot cooler that has a blower built in, then undervolt or otherwise adjust its speed.

Problem is I've already got the passively-cooled card, and can't (easily) change that any more.

I originally asked this at the bottom of a somewhat unrelated thread, I figured I'd try again with a more obvious subject line: There are now several vendors shipping passively-cooled cards using the HD2400/2600 and nVidia 8400/8600. The problem with this is that even the lowest-power 2400/2600s gen...

Gigabyte http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2586 (Gigabyte singlesided sturdy big cooler) I have Gigabyte's RX26P512H, which has an even bigger lump of metal bolted to it. Problem is that even the lower-power 2400/2600s do generate a significant amount of heat...

Kremmit wrote:Sometimes considerable force is required.

Ahh, that was the problem: "If brute force doesn't work, you're not using enough of it" . Thanks.

Also on the fan note, is the fan in the lower chamber "really" necessary or would the fan in the PSU suffice for providing enough airflow over the hard drives? Speaking of the lower chamber fan, what's the best way to remove this? It looks like it's clipped into place but any attempts to try and sl...

Has anyone had any experience with Antec's B-stock cases? I'm thinking of getting a P180, the description says this "may have minor blemishes though often looks new", but that's not very informative. Given that Newegg has them for $99 (after mail-in-rebate though) I'm wondering whether it's worth go...

In fact, considering the extraordinarily rapid temperature rise you're seeing, the TR2 must not be making contact with the CPU at all! :oops: Yup, that was probably not too far from the truth before I inadvertently destroyed the evidence when I cleaned the TIM from the TR2 :-). In any case it's fix...

Another possible area is HSF retention clip is losing its pressure. 40+ celcius different between idle and load in a very short time, in my opinion, indicates poor contact between HSF and heatspreader. Ahh, that was the magic clue, thanks! The giveaway wasn't so much the fact that heat wasn't being...

Like (I guess) most people, I end up doing tech support for a random set of friends and neighbours. One of them was complaining of problems with her computer locking up under load. After ruling out the usual suspects (an underpowered PSU being the main one), I realised the problem was the CPU overhe...

One you didn't list but is worth considering is the Silverstone LC-11 ($140 at newegg) for MicroATX boards and smaller. It will accept one AGP card(or PCI-x with RC-01 adapter) and two PCI cards (full-size), up to 3 hard drive bays. Also uses 3 80mm fans (swappable with panaflo or yate loon). There...

I'm on the lookout for a quiet MiniITX case (Via C5), unfortunately most of the SFF models are targeted at Athlon or P4 MBs and CPUs, with only a few being either specifically ITX or universal-size models. Oh yes, I'm not too keen on paying Hush prices, or anything that needs hard-to-get slimline/lo...

Now I know why Gigabyte used a thermal bandage: The surface of the NB is sufficiently concave that only the edges of the HS make contact if you're using flat tape, which means the HS does indeed detach itself as soon as the NB warms the tape enough. Now I'm torn between the ghetto superglue+thermal...

I just hope the added weight and top-heavy nature of the Zalman won't cause it to detach itself at some point in the future... Now I know why Gigabyte used a thermal bandage: The surface of the NB is sufficiently concave that only the edges of the HS make contact if you're using flat tape, which me...

Before I tried anything else I would just take the stock fan off the NB and see what happened. Depending on the CPU heatsink you've got, there may be enough air washing over the NB to keep it cool enough. I was away for a week but now I've had time to look at this in more detail.... the NB heatsink...

If you don't want to remove the existing sink how about getting one of these: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/cac-03.html mount an L1A or low flow/noise fan to it then create a duct to it from the NB? The case already has a fan bracket for mounting an 80mm fan over the CPU (the designers...

I've got a GA7DX on which the Northbridge fan is dying (a known problem with various Gigabyte boards from 2001-2002, see e.g. http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79363) . I was hoping to replace it with a ZMNB47J, but Gigabyte glue the (tiny) heatsink to the chip rather than using scr...