I just built a system with a Q9300, Ultra 120, and Sythe fans. I have been impressed by how cool this thing runs. Even after a lot of photoshop work (layering, filters, etc) and complies the temps are in the mid 40 range. I like these numbers, but want to ensure that they are not a fluke. Any sugges...

Now I need to find the cause for why Halo freezes everythime after one cycle of online gaming has finished. Meaning: the new cycle should start automatically, but it doesn't ... I have to get out of Halo by going into the TASK MANAGER and exit Halo. Switching off the firewall didn't help ... what m...

I got frustrated with the plate dropping every time I pulled my Ultra 120. So I used a little electrical tape to stick the plate to the underside of my Asus MB. Hopefully it will not melt over time.

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My case has a cross brace that runs right below where the power supply mounts. This brace presses against the grill on the Modu+82. Is there any issue, other than sticking my fingers into the fan, with removing this grill?

jerry

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Reading the specs and measuring my MB and case it seems that this cooler is very tall. Has anyone had problems using this cooler in a full size tower case?

jerry

Thanks for all the comments. I decided to take the Thermaltake back to Fry's and ordered the Enermax. The price is almost the same and hopefully the Enermax it will be as quiet as my Seasonics units.

jerry

I'm rather disappointed by the lack of connectors on the 425W model. Only 3 SATA connectors on one cord. Seasonic M12II-430 for the win. I hear that alot. However, I cant see why people would want anymore than 3 SATA connectors. 1 HDD + 1 optical drive + what? Extra HDD? I am planning a RAID 10 arr...

Thanks for the pointers. I tried a couple on on-line calculators and the power requirements listed were all over. For example, the calculator at Newegg said 698 Watts. The one at extreme power supply say 399. I am a bit confused on which to believe. I have an Antec Earthwatts 430 sitting in the clos...

Why do you need a 700 watt PSU anyway? Thermaltake aren't known for making remotely quiet PSU's. Couldn't find any noise reviews of the 700watt version, or the fan used, but i will make a guess that you can drop the wattage down and get a much quieter option. The popular option at the moment is the...

It has a 140 mm fan so it should be pretty quiet. Anyone have experience with this PSU?

ok my board only support SATA1 (150mb/s), my hard disk is also SATA2 on SATA1 mode, the only hard disk in my computer. if i want another SATA hard disk, do i have to put 2 jumpers on it? (1 for SLAVE and 1 for SATA1 mode), and then put another jumper on my main hard disk for MASTER? There is no mas...

Hi, My drives are all mounted using Stretch Magic. They drives nice and quite. However in the last few months I have been having intermittent drive problems, (fsck failures on one, etc). I am going to replace the drives, but thought I would run Spinrite on them to see what sort of errors I got. I wa...

Hi, I am thinking about building a NAS for my home and need some guidance. My basic requirements are: Silence - This is key to me (and I am sure everyone here). If I can hear this thing at more than a few feet its a failure. Cost - I am pretty flexible about this, but don't want to spend a ton of mo...

Hey I run Aero fine on my FX5200 - on a not quite so good system with only 512mb of RAM. Can't say for sure, but high end cards aren't needed. You can stay below $100 if you're tight on the wallet. OK. That sounds good. I am thinking about going with a cheap card, since I may replace the MB in the ...

Hi, I just ordered a DVI monitor. I want to run it on my ASUS 8AV deluxe MB system which has an AGP interface. There are ton of cards on NewEgg that claim Vista compatability, but most have a fan and I have spent quite a bit of time and effort getting this system nearly silent. I don't do gaming, bu...

As Vista prepares for a delayed takeoff, I'm wondering if anyone knows whether Microsoft is going to do one small, very simple thing to reduce the power consumption associated with computing: Eliminate the "screen saver" and blank the screen after, say, 30 minutes of inactivity. As we change from C...

I have a Compaq SR1901WM with the same motherboard, and had the same problem, what I did was went into Power Options in Control Panel, changed the Power Schemes to Home/Office Desk, and turned all the rest of the options to Never. I haven't had a problem since. Hope this helps. Unfortunately, that ...

Thanks for the info. Thus far I have not been able to find a BIOS setting that disables the fan warning and halt However, I can slow the fans down to the point where they are berely turning and it does not complain. One issue I see is how can I power the fan off a steady 12 volt source like a disk p...

MikeC wrote: Only big potential downside is if the motherboard has a non-resettable warning in the BIOS for stopped fans. But there are ways around that too, if you run into it.

It defintely provides a warning about the fans. So please pass along any suggestions for handling that problem.

hmmmm.... a compaq AMD media center PC in a small tower form factor. My first guess is that the fan that's revving up and down is probably in the power supply, but it could also be a compaq-specific CPU heatsink/fan. Stock AMD coolers don't have built in thermal fan speed control, so if there is on...

MikeC wrote:We need a lot more info about your system before we can make specific suggestions.

Sure.

Compaq SR1920NX, uses AMD 64 processor, 3500+
MB is Asus A8N-LA (aka Nagami2L-GL8)
Video is integrated - GeForce 6150 LE
1.5 GB memory
200 GB drive - SATA 150

Anything else?

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Is there a way to disable my system's habit of varying the speed on the fans? The change in pitch when the system starts working really bothers me.

jerry

Hi, I bought myself a cheap Compaq SR1920NX system to use as an email and browsing unit. I am trying quiet this system down, but am having problems with the BIOS. I put a couple of FANMate 2s on the system which slow down the CPU and case fan. However, the BIOS believe they are too slow, and throws ...

I'd be interested in hearing about people's experiences with the Infrant ReadyNAS X6 or 600 boxes. Reviews seem to suggest it's reasonably quiet, but still noticeable. How loud is it with 3 or 4 large drives running? And how hot do the drives get? One of the advantages of a NAS box is that it can b...

Not on the XP120. My older Thermaright heat sinks had the film. So perhaps they just have not updated the instructions.

jerry

I got some of the Nexus type units from Comp USA. The did not work in one case, but worked fine in another. The one issue is that the holes on these units are in a strange place. So if your system uses rails it may be a real pain to get the screws to line up. My rail holes were a 1/2 inch off so I h...

jerryk, this might be why I got different suspension results from you. I actually applied virtually no tension and tied off whatever I needed. I have a lot of room to work with and only one drive to suspend. Thanks. I think I had mine way too tight. The Stretch Magic stuff kept stretched so I kept ...

I am going to try again to suspend my drive with Magic Stretch. How much tension should I put on drive when I tied it down?

So here is what I had to do to get the 64-bit Windows XP installed on SATA. The biggest thing was finding the correct drivers. The Asus site has several sets. Only the European drivers worked. Also, I had to power off the PATA drive so the system would boot from the SATA. Once that was done it insta...

Please let us know what you find out about this. My SLK3000B seems to really vibrate when I have 2 drives running. My vibration source is the drives, but the case develops a resonance vibration.

jerry