I once set my bios defaults and thought I had bricked my machine.... as it turns out one of the defaults was to refuse to POST should there not be a fan connected to the cpu header :evil: :evil: :evil: :x :x :x. OMG I wish I'd read your post yesterday - I've just RMA'd a board after a bios update s...

I have a DLink DNL-323 and it's a nice piece of kit. Very compact and quiet. It's housing 2x 500GB SAMSUNG HD501LJ. Just make sure you upgrade the bios to the latest version before you format the drives.

nici wrote:Bruce Almighty?

Nice case and table Any pictures of the insides?

Yes and Yes... but not a closeup. Next time I open it up I'll grab a better shot...

Thanks :) When the top is open (see the middle pics) you can see the red on/hibernate buttton along with two vent holes. The one nearest the front (on the left) has a silenx fan drawing air in. The has a very measurable, and needed, effect - the wooden box is very good at keeping heat in :) It has e...

Nano-itx EPIA-N10000G 1GB RAM Slimline DVD-ROM 2.5" 80GB drive Windows XP SP2 myHTPC PowerDVD 6+ Zomplayer 20 quid of planed pine timber from B&Q 1 tin of 'medium oak' wood stain. Stock CPU fan is very quiet. 1 Silenx 60mm fan @5v for general cooling. http://www.wavestate.com/pics/htpc/htpc2.jpg htt...

Ralf Hutter wrote:Looks like Voodoo's rebadging the AOpen system and adding the extra Voodoo/Falcon NW/Alienware surcharge to the base price.

Yep, but I thought the AOpen product was for re-badging only ? i.e. jo public can't buy an AOpen mini pc...

AOpen's mini mac clone emerges

http://www.voodoopc.com/system/quotekit ... uctID=1088

Hi, I've just started a new project to build a file server. The requirement is for a low cost 24/7 fileserver to sit on my home network and act as a media store and general backup server. About a terrabyte of RAW storage should do, with the option to configure as RAID 1/0/10. The storage bit : 250GB...

I have a Sonata. First stupid thing to do was buy a mobo with a noisy northbridge fan. Doh! I took off the dodgy grill and replaced the NB fan with a papst I had spare. Nice improvement. The Crucial 9800Pro was shut up with a VGA cooler although you will have to move or remove the switch on the back...

Jan Kivar wrote:Are You willing to do some more testing?

OK I'll do some more tonight

I have an A64, Gigabyte k8t800 mobo, sonata case and use the stock HSF. I've been tempted to get a better HSF set up, zalman or otherwise but decided against it. The Athlon 64 cool & quiet feature clocks the CPU down to 800Mhz (and reduces the voltage?) when CPU load is light. In effect anytime I'm ...

Hmm.... Lian Li PC-402 ?

I have a vga silencer on a 9800Pro, not overclocked, and it appears to run fine, although the new heatsink is just too hot to touch when the fan is in 'slow' mode, but I guess this is around 60 - 70c which, again, I guess is fine.

In the UK ebuyer have them on special for about 7 quid. http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=58506 Amazing concidering some UK online stores flog them at close to 20. Mine didn't break but fitting in into a sonata case was a PITA! Had to ...

It looks like the sonata is indeed a duff design.

BTW I got a reply from Antec saying i should have a 2nd part to my dust filter!

So, who's just got the single plastic tray and who's got a seperate filter ?

Hi folks, I've had a Sonata running for a few weeks now, about 5 hours/day and I'm getting some interesting dust features building up. The removable dust filter gets does collect a small amount of dust (the holes are very big in this ?!) The manual indicates that there are two pieces to the dust fil...

I'm seriously thinking of trying the new Gigabyte 3D Cooler... Because you want the LED's more than you want a quiet cooler? That cooler is aimed for overclockers and modders, not for silent PC folks. me want pretty lights. The reviews have been quite favorable. It's doesn't weight a lot and the de...

OK well not as good at zero RPM as first thought :) At Idle (800Mhz) and zero CPU FAN speed, CPU temp slowly rise over 30 minutes to settle around 48 C although I;m sure that If i left it a few hours I might be in trouble. This is using the stock AMD 64 HSF :) Still sounds like a great condidate for...

So I made one mistake, buying a mobo with an active northbridge cooling. The second mistake was to believe Gigabyte actually told the truth about the capabilities of their hardware. Gigabytes website, advertising and user manuals all describe their Smart-fan feature as being able to adjust the CPU f...

More Athlon 64 findings: After much messing around with Easytune and smart fan I gave up and tried speedfan. What a great utility! At idle, with the CPU fan OFF, CPU temp is stable at 32C. This is because cool 'n quiet clocks the CPU down to 800Mhz. 2. If the RPM is too low the noise is more noticab...

Hi, I have an Athlon 64 3200 on a Gigabyte K8T800 Pro and after kicking myself for getting a board with active northbridge cooling I tested the cool 'n' quiet features. 1) CPU speed : The is ramped down to 800MHz during idle. With an ambient around 22 C the idle CPU temp is 32 C. After cooking with ...

you will only be happy when you manage to silence that dull thumping noise coming from your own chassis

After some googling I found this :

http://www.akasa.co.uk/akasa/coolers/ak_855/ak_855.htm


Which looks like a match for the gigabyte skt 754 mechanism, but it doesn't look that quiet ?!

Hi Folks, I've been spoiled recently by the whisper quiet of my EPIA mini-itx based machine (twin papst 4cm fans @7v) but that is now an HTPC next to my tv. So I bought some new bits and bobs for a new developer/gamer PC: Antec Sonata (wierd fine dust collection on drive bays!) Radeon 9800Pro - not ...

I recently build a system using a Sonata (AMD64, Gigabyte K8T800 based mobo, ATI 9800PRO, 2 SATA drives..) and it was very cramped! Once the board was in (easy) some of the cables where a real b1tch to install, particlulary those with connector at the edge of the motherboard. I was praying the thing...

Spotted what I think is a good price ...

77 quid including vat and free delivery gets you a

Samsung 160GB Spinpoint 7200 (SP-1604N) Only has 2MB cache but thats cheap for a 160Gig

I guess it's worth keeping an eye on pcworlds website for bargains - especially with free shipping.

Rob

Mainly for UK (and european) citizens :

http://www.bvm-uk.com have the lv670M and Pentium M 1.8 listed at 150 and 135 pounds excluding VAT.

Tempting

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