I have an Inspiron 6000D and I love it. Have you upgraded to the latest BIOS (A05 I believe) On my system it changed the behavior of the fan in the system. Look up I8KFanGui in Google and D/L the program and patch for the I6000. It will allow you to set the temp at which the fan kicks on and off. It...

You might look in to a free program called I8KFanGui which, if it's compatible with your system, will allow you to change the way your fans operate. You can set a min/max temp setting for the fan to come on etc...

Just Google for it.

This is from the Environmental's tab on the drive description page: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=57


Acoustics
Idle Mode 33 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 35 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 34 dBA (average)


Aren't these reading a bit loud to be considered 'quiet'?

I have the Nexus 4090, 2 Seagate SATA hard drives, an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and I experience none of the whine or other symptoms mentioned in the previous postings. I also have a P4 3.4GHz with a Zalman cooler.

I got my replacement Nexus 4090 installed and I must say that the hard drives are still quiet, not rumbling like they used to. There is still some seek noise, but nothing like it used to be. Sounds to me like the faulty power supply did encourage them to be noisy.

I recently had a Nexus 4090 power supply die on me and I have a temporaryily replaced it with a Thermaltake 600W unit that was in my closet. I have 2 Seagate 120GB SATA HDD's in the case and they have always 'rumbled' loudly when the drives were used. They also used to rumble every 30 seconds or so ...

You don't have to format the drive but you do need to FDSIK it to create partition(s) first. I'm afraid this is not true. Cheers, Jan Actually it is true. All I ever do is create partitions and then install Windows XP. During the install Windows will ask if you want to format the partition and do i...

Well, after just 7 months of service my Nexus 4090 power supply just died. The second 12 volt rail gave out. I just turned the PC off, and when I turned it back on... Nothing but fans... :cry: I tried stripping the system down to bare essentials but still no go. I swapped in a Thermaltake 560W PSU I...

Have you run FDISK and created a partition on the drive?

You don't have to format the drive but you do need to FDSIK it to create partition(s) first.

I moved my system from my BQE to the new B case this weekend. I had pretty much destroyed the BQE in my attempts at silencing (my first attempt). So far the only 'problem' I have found is that the hard drives make more noise in the B case than in the BQE. I don't have them suspended, just installed ...

The latest Voodoo PC, though, is something special. Voodoo has taken the $1,200 Zalman TNN 500A chassis and built a high performance PC into it. Given the premium case components, the Voodoo Rage F-50 isn't cheap, at roughly $5,300. But for that money you get a PC that offers little or no compromis...

Here is a link to Intel's website for the Bonanza motherboard. All of the connectors are explained:

http://developer.intel.com/design/mothe ... bz_con.htm

Essentially the VReg (Voltage Regulator) connector is to monitor the fan speed of your PSU if it provides the proper connection for it.

If you can find some, Kapton tape, which is used in circuit board reworking, would hold it in place. Kapton tape is very thin, will not melt at temps up to 500F degrees, (depending upon type of Kapton tape) and will not conduct electricity.

Here is one place to find it:

http://www.kaptontape.com/

I have had several Thermaltake PP PSU's and they have all been rock solid as far as voltage levels go. But they are far from silent. If you're just looking for a solid PSU and don't care about noise then go for it.

Aside from the provocative name, has anyone tried these devices? Are they really safe to connect to the fan headers on the motherboard? Does this extra 5 minutes of fan time really make that big a difference?

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/prolong.html

Review on THG's page

http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20040709/index.html


Not saying it's silent, just the first SATA DVD drive.

itworks,
you might need to rework your Hitachi link, as all it links to is a download button .GIF file instead of the real download.

I have the HIS 9800P Ice Q http://www.hisdigital.com/html/iceq9800_pro.htm
And it's always cool and quiet.

You might try adding the Arctic VGA cooler

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... 110&depa=0

Tyrdium, I was running a 3GHz Prescott and the temps were out of line for that processor. I too was using Ceramique'. I cleaned off the Ceramique' and used Shin Etsu instead. I got a 10c degree drop. I posted this on another forum and received numerous responses from other users relating the same ex...

In the USA you will have to purchase it from the manufacturer. I sent their sales an email asking about US distribution and: "Greetings !! Thanks for your favorable interest in our products. However, unfortunately, we have no activated accounts in United States at present. Therefore, we recommend th...

I have tried RAID 0 on my Intel system with 80/120/160GB hard drives from Maxtor/Seagate/WD and found that no real advantage for general everyday use.

YMMV, but it just never really made a great enough improvement.

Hi tbtbtb22, I think you're on the right track with wanting to redo the HS-compound. There's no reason you can't do it yourself. Just remember that less is more when it comes to this stuff. If you haven't been to Arctic Silvers Site Go there and check out the instructions: http://www.arcticsilver.co...

I can't get it to run either.
It refers to http://www2.sportshawaii.com/cloth_folding.wmv
but that file seems to be missing.

I thought this was a place for laundry tips...

Every review I have read states that the extra money for the memory isn't worth it at all.

Check the switch on the back and make sure it's set to 110 if you're in the US/Canada or 220 if you're not.

What are you in school for?

Can you find a summer internship that deals with your schooling?

I know Intel will hire students for the summer if you are pursuing anything remotely close to technology.

Nope. I suppose since they only allow you a max 4% OC they feel the slight OC on the AGP/PCI bus isn't a problem. I have had no problems at all running the system in this mode.

Can you just disable monitoring in the BIOS?

Nebor, The Intel 875 BIOS allows you to OC the board up to 4% over the CPU speed. They call it 'Burn In Mode'. You can set it permanently in the BIOS or, if you run the Intel Control Center, temporarily while in Windows. If you look at this pic, you will see that the ICC shows the OC state. http://i...