Well over the weekend I did the following: Swapped the PSU my noisy supermicro server-grade PSU - no changes Moved the video card to a different slot - no changes uninstalled video drivers - no changes put in my old Asus EN6800 card -no changes moved the old card to the 2nd PCIe slot - no changes ra...

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Build the soundproof chamber. Add 1 rabid gamer, add 1 extreme overlocked PC and close the door.

Remanider of the family lives in peace and quiet.

This is a USB headset, it has it's own sound processor, it doesn't use the realtek audio codecs, or the audio chip onboard. I don't know if changing the realtek settings would help this, but I can try it when I'm home. That very well could be the source of your problem. Since the headset doesnt go ...

hrm. I totally missed the signature "requirements" ... i'll go make one. interesting on the power supply too - i may have to goto Fry's and buy a 800w power supply for "testing" or mabye i could try my server grade PSU that was replaced with a quieter one - its only 420w but it has a lot more amps o...

well i found an EIST setting in the bios. turned it off. but there was no visible change in the reboot frequency. Im way beyond the info posted in that thread -- what I need is the WHY of all those numbers and settings. somebody in the FAH forums mentioned fussing with the memory divider. not sure w...

b) I have other issues with the GPU client (nvidia + XP x64 ~ 10ppd). :?: In your first post you said you had an HD3870 512MB... I have several PCs - only this new one with the HD3870 is causing my current set of problems. updates from the regular FAH forums: http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f...

More updates. now the single core fah processes are causing the PC to reboot where I was able to complete a few WU before. 1 step forward... 3 steps back. I messed with the bios settings a little, then realized I had no clue what i was doing, so I reset the cmos back to its defaults and went from th...

EDIT: On an unrelated note, wouldn't it be much better to Fold on the GPU and one core instead of messing with SMP? If you ever get fed up with tracking down this bug, ignoring the problem and avoiding its causes may be a good option... In theory yeah... but a) this pc isnt going to stay around all...

welp thats the version of prime95 i was running. It ran for 24 hours with no issues. ive got the gromacs tester running now: CPU stress tester 2.0 (-h for help) Architecture: ia32/x86 (32bit) Copyright (c) Erik Lindahl <lindahl@cbr.su.se> 2004-2007 Found 2 CPUs. (-n overrides #threads) Executing 2 t...

so your saying i should run _2_ copies of prime95? I ran 1 copy with 2 worker threads for 24hours. no issues I ran memtest86 for about 20 hours. no errors. I now have the single core FAH running (2 copies) it ran overnite with no problems, completed a couple WU as well. Ive tried the old "smpd" and ...

ive heard such things in the past and found it was related to a poor quality sound card and/or having your sound volume turned up too high. Do you have a CRT monitor? in your case it sounds like the failing power supply was a good contributor. Ive also heard of simmilar things in normal home theater...

I'll leave prime95 running overnite and see how it goes.
Then I'll try memtest86 overnite.

but the guy who built the system said he ran prime95 overnite.

Mike -- very nice idea. unfortunately i dont see people paying off stuff. Given the current mentality i see it would be more along the lines of "OMG what knida house can i get with a $297,000 down payment!" -- and off they go to bankruptcy, yet again. Me personally - yeah id pay off the mortage. ......

I got a new system which will eventually make its way to my nephew, but in the meantime I wanted to run F@H and grab a few extra points. Problem is the system reboots itself like clockwork after processing 2% of a WU. Im running the newest 6.22 denio beta client in console mode. Ive shut off the win...

Finally somebody with a clue... .... They allowed people with lower incomes to buy a house that they previously couldn't afford. And if they could not afford it before... the price of the house didnt change (in fact it probably went up)... whats to make them afford it now? oh yeah.. ARM. people seem...

Im also very interested to see if there is a simmilar setup for a 280 card. its time to replace my graphics card and past experience shows that if I get the current Top of the line it lasts a LONG time.

Although this one from asus is _really_ tempting....

if you find a KVM that supports DVI for a reasonable price, let me know. my $300 one just died.

Thanks for the tips. I'll checkout the T400/500 as well. im not after any specific model - i just want something that will run and run and run. I have an old A31 from 2002 (see sig) that still works fine. the only thing is its OLD and hard to find software for anymore. im after something that will l...

I recently got the ultra-kaze 120x38 for my own system. The 2krpm fan moves a HUGE amount of air, but i dont know where the 25dba figures come from. Its more like 30-35dba, so by spcr standards its LOUD. in my case loud due to turbulance I tried the 1krpm version as well and while the noise was much...

I have one of these cases for my system: http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/742/SC742S-420.cfm handles an eatx motherboard with no problems, and has room for 7 HDDs + a DVD drive. The exhaust fan wasnt up to spcr standards, but the internal 92mm fans are suprisingly quiet. Sadly that case...

Ressurecting this old thread..

Aside from the fan and heat - how do you guys like your T61 systems?
im looking at a new laptop here real soon and this one is at the top of my shortlist.
how is performance? battery life? reliability?

very nice looking setup.

If it had a CD/DVD drive id pick one up for my brother for the holidays.

That is one reason. Another is that they have grown so large and ubiquitous that they can exert tremendous pressure on their vendors to give them low prices. The way Walmart negotiates with vendors is quite different than how smaller companies do it. Vendors and shippers. I work for a container shi...

no "clips" on the honeybomb on the back of my cases - I just cut a piece of cardboard to size and stuck it in place to help seal stuff up.

Although... clear packing tape or duct tape would probably make a better seal

I thought the capacitors in the car stereos were to provide extra power when the bass speakers attempt to lift your car off the road..

Which wont be an issue in a PC case.

I went and looked at some of the reviews on newegg from people who are actually buying these things -- specificly the OCZ Core 64GB (from the article on hothardware linked by Mike). in addition to slower than "expected" write speeds there seems to be quite a number of issues with a lack of multi-tas...

Actually it was a San Ace fan that used to be in the case. I tried the slower speed ultra-kaze 1krpm the other day. While it was nice and quiet, there wasnt sufficent cooling. My cpus went from 40 and 41 at idle to 47 and 50 at idle. where they used to be 46 and 50 at load. So it looks like I need t...

Im curious what you will windup with for a soundcard. My Audigy 2 Gamer card started causing all manner of blue screen errors so i replaced it with an X-FI card. As I already had good quality home theater speakers for sound - I didnt hear much difference in sound quality, however the card puts out a...

I have an 8600 "attempting" to fold but it crashes so often I only get 250-350PPD. not sure if it was a bad batch of WU or what but the past few days it actually completed several WU in a row - then the weather turns hot and I shut my PC off last nite. but the regular SMP client is still chugging al...

Very interesting article.

Particularly the parts about our current generation of noisy personal music devices.