Been thinking that the akasa Galileo would make a pretty decent htpc given the number thin mini itx boards and 35w CPUs. I saw on a picture that the case only makes use of two of the four heatpipes on the CPU block. http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2013/08/akasa-galileo-review/galileo-7-128...

so all that random coloumn names and views changing every so often wasnt just me going mad? I too did hunt around for a file browser, but did not find anything great. There is somethat that i did see, part of freenas, some linux web-based file broswer - seemed good - Just waiting for the box to boot...

asrock tend to rush out the board, over time the bios will include new features and fix things that didnt work before... check for bios upgrade.

The SATA standard also specifies a power connector sharply differing from the four-pin Molex connector used by PATA drives and many other computer components. Like the data cable, it is wafer-based, but its wider 15-pin shape should prevent confusion between the two. The power connector is known to...

i would say no.. look at the power cable of a sata plug. i havent got one handy with me, but i remember seeing the gold fingers being staggered, which to my knowledge, would mean that ??v are sent to this part first, and then ??v to the rest of the hdd, hence why nici has connected and disconnected ...

hmmm... thats not a bad idea, i havent actually tired that but i do know they have that feature... i think i'l try that first, but it depends how much it impacts the preformance of the drives... the C: and the D: are used as boot and MCE temp/recording drives. will have a gander 2mrw if i get time. ...

go to a local independant small computer store and they will have some lying around... i no we do at work

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1886/image006om5.th.jpg Heres a pic of my ghetto fx5600 mod... i used an AMD heatsink and attached it with string. it is very heavy, but i have got a wireless pci card underneath it just in case it falls off. the HS just about gets warm to the touch... worked grea...

jus an update, ive got my GFX noise problem sorted... installed an AMD heatsink onto the bottom of it... i just hope that the string hold it down tight enough. to date, it jus about gets slighty warm to the touch, so that now is out of the way. http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1886/image006om5.th....

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i work in a computer store, and i have noticed that the fans on many "sparkle" branded gfx's are fine when new, but give it time, they tend to get easily clogged with dust and causes the card to fail. other brands however, asus, shappire etc, they seem to be fine :s

yeh, ive noticed that the rear fan is probably the nosiest bit there... thinking of poping along to http://www.dorothybradbury.co.uk/ to get some new 120mm fans... but thats once i;ve got some money. im waiting for this pic too.. sounds like it was a tough job

right, ive done to one hdd.... but i now gotta locate which hdd it is, and start defragging it to see the noise diff.... but i just realised that the pic i took is absolutely terrible im sorry, i will show u a better on if it works. i ended up using 2 layers under the hdd and one layer under screw. ...

hehe cool... anyways, im finished for tonight.... time to go out and get drunk (yes, childish, but hey, i'v finished uni \o/ FOR GOOD :) do i need another reason :) will start tomorrow by getting some of the screws from somewhere, and in a worse case scenario, im sure i could just hacksaw off a bit ...

cheers for that, that foam on the drive trays seems like the easiest method to drop the noise from the hhds. i've looked around in the back shed, and i;ve got two materials that i could possibly use 1) Single sided foam tape (about 1 or 2 mm thick, quiet soft, would require about 2/3 layers to get o...

cheers for the reply ! i have been looking around, and i will be opening the front air intake thingy at the bottom and also raise the case u by a few cm's. i think i might leave swapping the psu for now and focus on changing the hdd mounting method. btw the gfxs in the sig, but its a 256mb fx5600 (g...

hello o/ 2nd post of today =) i've got an antec sonata psu (the one with sata connectors + the honeycomb grill for the intake). I was thinking of doing the fresh air intake ducking thing from the front two 5.25 bays but i have a spare FSP FSP250-60pna (w/ noise killer, whatever that is...). This psu...

first time poster, about a week reader (always get linked to the site, but never registered or had the time, and now i do \o/). Situation is this, i have an sonata case, with 4 maxtor hdds and its fitted with 2x 120mm fans (behind hdds and at the rear) and 1x120mm ontop of the zalman 6500cu. Im gues...