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- Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:09 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: What color P150 do you prefer?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15089
- Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:28 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What kind of wallpaper are you using?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27446
Yes, we know it clashes with your cigar smoking hobbyRusty075 wrote:(that's not really my wallpaper btw, just in case anyone failed to get my humor. Well, it was, but only long enough to snap a screenshot)
By the way, for those with really nothing better to do, try a desktop like one of these.
- Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:44 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What kind of wallpaper are you using?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27446
Erm, sickeningly cute? I'd have to prevent my daughter from seeing it, or she'd insist on using itRusty075 wrote:Not sure which category my wallpaper falls into.
BTW, what's Sensor 3 measuring? HDD?
- Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:42 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What kind of wallpaper are you using?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27446
- Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Logitech MX 510 has a high pitch sound!
- Replies: 40
- Views: 46572
Re: Logitech MX 510 has a high pitch sound!
No solution, but you're not alonejames111 wrote:Anyone else notice this? If you listen carefully, theres a high pitch sound that always on and it's driving me nuts
is there a fix for this while keeping all buttons/scroll whell working?
- Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:25 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic S12 not as quiet as I heard?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5028
Re: Seasonic S12 not as quiet as I heard?
No idea if it's new or not, but it's the main reason i bought the S12 over some other PSUs. It's a fan connector that connects to one of the standard plugs, and then has 2 LOW connectors & 1 High, 3-pin for fans. Oh, this one . Sorry, my misunderstanding. I thought you're referring to the Sonata Mk...
- Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:31 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic S12 not as quiet as I heard?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5028
Re: Seasonic S12 not as quiet as I heard?
Is this something new on the Rev2? My Rev1 S12-430 definitely doesn't have a fan only connector.shadymg wrote:So i install it, and I connect the 2 rear 60mm fans to the low fan connectors of the PSU, and to be honest, I can't hear a difference.
- Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:54 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: New ATI X1800 series heat level (power draw)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 21005
ATI's cards got spanked pretty badly in the performance test over on anandtech as well. Looks like a loser for ATI. Quietly reducing warranty to 1 year (from 3 years), and requiring you to register your product within 30 days of purchase to get warranty service, does not endear them to my heart eit...
- Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:54 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Thermaltake Tai Chi super case?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7440
Review at ExtremeTech.com . Lots of photos. Looks intriguing, but I think I'll pass. But I'm surprised that it actually seemed like a decent case from Thermaltake, albeit at a ridiculous price point. Didn't that case Rusty reviewed a while back (the one that got pulled) have the extruded aluminum ri...
- Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:25 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: New Asus 6600GT Passive Video Card!
- Replies: 43
- Views: 27707
an idea I'm playing with: a thermalright xp-90 with a fan sucking air through the CPU-heatsink and blowing it right onto the rotated heatsink of the silencer. Another fan mounted in the sidepanel sucks air through the heatsink and blows the hot air out of the case. CPU>XP-90>fan>asus HS>fan>outside...
- Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:30 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Logitech UltraX - Nice silent keyboard
- Replies: 164
- Views: 152215
I've had my UltraX for about a year, and my "S" is almost completely gone. I can see a very very faint shadow of it depending on the viewing angle and lighting. :roll: They charge extra for that you know... My UltraX's left shift key is starting to stick. Didn't realize I use it that much. Edit: Us...
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:00 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 120-160GB harddrives
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9756
Search the forums for that. IIRC the motors are Nidec and JVC, but I can't recall which one is the good one.
Edit: Hmm, this was just updated. May help you.
Edit: Hmm, this was just updated. May help you.
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:13 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: new PSU needed - Anyone run a duallie? HELP!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3017
I'll checkout the reccomended list - price is a definite concern since the case was $125 and Dual 3Ghz Xeons :-) The S12-500 is about $40 more than a TruePower 2.0 550. In other words, the difference is less than 10% of what you intend to spend on the CPU. Another $25 more will get you the Phantom ...
- Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:22 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Thermalright XP120 cooler: The new King
- Replies: 182
- Views: 150551
- Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:19 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: P180 Motherboard / PSU compatibility List
- Replies: 104
- Views: 87620
- Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:23 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Running hot
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2446
Re: Running hot
I just vacuumed out the case, in case it was dust, with no change. Use canned air (don't shake bottle, don't tilt, etc) instead of vacuuming. It's more effective at dislodging dust from CPU heatsinks, and there's concerns about static electricity from vacuum machines. Other possibility : HSF not se...
- Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:36 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Sign of Impending HDD Death?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5039
(Anybody care to translate "Ungultige Gleitkommaoperation" from MBMLog?) Invalid floating point operation. And before anyone faints in awe from my command of German, let me admit that it is limited to a few swear words, and that Babelfish and google together is a good thing :-) BTW, it's "ungültige".
- Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:29 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Sign of Impending HDD Death?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5039
What are SMART reports? I googled SMART and didn't find anything that leapt out that would tell me about HDD reliability. Here's an article on Wikipedia about SMART . Bad cabling could lead to read / write errors, but the OS should catch that. I'm not familiar with ATA specs, but I believe there's ...
- Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:14 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: best 200-250GB PATA hard drive for storage? (SP2514N maybe?)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4016
I don't have a Samsung, but recall coming across some who said the 250GB is noisy. I can tell you from personal experience that the Seagate 7200.8 SATA 250GB has noisy seeks. How you mount the drive is going to make a lot of difference to idle noise. What enclosure are you using? Don't forget the Hi...
- Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:06 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Sign of Impending HDD Death?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5039
Re: Sign of Impending HDD Death?
I'm suddenly getting CHKDSK errors and some apparently corrupted files on the 9-month old Seagate 80Gb 7200.7 HDD. Should I worry that it is about to die? Note: these appeared after defragging the disk. The Seagate consistently measures 34 to 36C (with MBM5), and peaked at 39C during the 30-minute ...
- Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:01 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Nvidia got some explaining to do
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4517
- Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:01 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Sycthe Ninja SCNJ-1000 question for Socket 939
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2843
- Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:50 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Getting a new case, any non-Antec reccommendations?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8010
Where can I get ahold of some sorbothane strips? My current machine is near silent, except for the seek noise of my drive (SP0802N) and I imagine I'll have similar problems in this new machine unless I do something. Sorbothane doesn't cut down seek noise that much (it does cut down some) - it's mos...
- Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:49 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Getting a new case, any non-Antec reccommendations?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8010
I have a Centurion 5 (silver) and I'm mostly happy with it. Build quality is OK but not great. Parts of it seem too flimsy to me. The back of my case looks a little different from agus_c_o's. I guess Cooler Master revised their case a little - for the better too, I'd say. Mine looks like the one in ...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:19 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: What's the problem with RAID 0?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 21265
Just to point out practical usage of reliability calculation: RAID0 ----- In this setup, all the drives (components) shall be working to in order to work. Using reliability block diagram, they all will be in series. To get the total probability of failure for RAID0, basically you add all probabilit...
- Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:37 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Looking for silence... again.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4730
Yes the bar is easily removable. It is to provide structural strength and (in some cases, not sure about this one) hold the expansion cards in place. Rear fans : Nexus / Yate Loon orange fans are decent but still noisy at 12V. I have a Cooler Master something or other that's very quiet at 12V but al...
- Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:51 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Centurion 5/530 or Antec P160
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10380
Well, cutting out the grills is optional. It helps a little, but you don't really have to do it. But it seems like you have your decision made about the case. I recall that the Sultan of Brunei was once the richest man in the world. Is the Brunei dollar still pegged to the Singapore dollar, and acce...
- Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:42 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Need recommendation for non-inverted case
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6201
I got everything today, and am ready to install the CPU and Ninja. I'm not sure I understand how to install the Ninja though. Apparently I need to remove the retention bracket (the black thing, right?) from the mobo and replace the one that came with the Ninja. No problem. But I don't understand wh...
- Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:39 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Centurion 5/530 or Antec P160
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10380
I think Brue (in another thread) is trying to buy from Singapore (where are you from, by the way?) and mentioned that he probably will not be able to find the Evercase. I don't have any experience with the P160. I took a look at it in the store and decided I don't want to have anything to do with it...
- Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:57 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Need recommendation for non-inverted case
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6201
The P180 definitely does not require you to invert your motherboard. The main difference in layout with a standard case is that the PSU is below. Check the reviews (and forums) for photos. Lian Li and Silverstone has some cases in the inverted ATX (video card above CPU) MB mount. CPU cooler - seems ...