For about a year my "desktop" (and music PC) has been a 2008? 2009? Compaq F762NR running XP. For a year, I have worked to reduce the fan noise of my power amps (which is not relevant to SPCR, but similar technology...use quiet after market fans or even no fan ... works up to a point)... when I figu...

Follow-up: Today (03-27-2012) My Dubious PSU died. I had heard "hissing" the night before, again today, in retrospect, looks like one of the big electrolytic caps had been leaking and blew. It set my UPS into alarm and I turned off and unplugged everything in haste. "As a dog returneth to his vomit,...

Two month (approx.) follow-up. The "ghetto mod" or "West Virginia" mod (as I prefer to call it -- thus insulting two distinct members of the "underclass") has been working without any apparent problems for two months now. In the interests of long-term safety I almost always shut off the system (and ...

No offense taken at all. I like this site and perhaps I can contribute something (other than giving engineers the creeps.) I have taken the advice about powering down my ...uh... experiment ... when I am not around. For everything else, there's a house full of smoke detectors and two fire extinguish...

I am no engineer but I have an interest in the concept of thermal conductivity. I found this web site that offers stats for common materials: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/thermal-conductivity-d_429.html Here are some materials pertinent to the mod shown: Aluminum = 250; Air = 0.024; Porcelain =...

Make a Fanless PSU with (Almost) No Soldering, for Less than $12 By Soldermizer (July 17, 2011) I found Silent PC Review (http://www.silentpcreview.com) while searching for fanless PSU reviews. I was looking for solutions that would help to quiet my modest desktop PC. It is my office/bedroom/music P...