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by NewSc2
Sun Feb 08, 2004 2:30 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: is there a cure for the obsession?
Replies: 10
Views: 4872

Buy a laptop - I'm on one now and there's no comparison to my quiet Desk rig.
by NewSc2
Mon Feb 02, 2004 2:05 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Help - Mod my Enermax or buy new?
Replies: 9
Views: 3830

Well, all I did was take the 80mm fan out and replace it with the Panaflo. Sorry I'm not very technical at this stuff *yet* (6 posts so far here), but the Panaflo is moving very little air, compared to my other panaflo case fans. My Panaflo on my Alpha 8942 connected to the motherboard also doesn't ...
by NewSc2
Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:55 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Is this high pitch whistle from my Western Digital HDDs?
Replies: 3
Views: 2277

K, I'm sure it's the drives.

Is it the drive spinning that's high pitched, or the drive's vibrations on the case that's making the high pitched noise?

If it's vibrations then I can deal with that with mods, but if it's the spinning, it looks like I might start looking around for other drives.
by NewSc2
Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:00 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Is this high pitch whistle from my Western Digital HDDs?
Replies: 3
Views: 2277

Is this high pitch whistle from my Western Digital HDDs?

I just finished silencing all the fans on my computer (PSU, CPU, case fans, etc.) However, right now I'm hearing this high pitched whistle from my computer. It's really hard to pinpoint where it's coming from, but it doesn't really sound like a vibration. Of course, since it's so hard to pinpoint, I...
by NewSc2
Fri Jan 30, 2004 4:45 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Help - Mod my Enermax or buy new?
Replies: 9
Views: 3830

Well, taking the bait and i'm in the middle of modding my enermax right now (on my laptop)

Let's hope all goes well! *knocks on wood*
by NewSc2
Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:02 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Help - Mod my Enermax or buy new?
Replies: 9
Views: 3830

Help - Mod my Enermax or buy new?

I have an Enermax 430 watt psu. It's easily the loudest component in my system right now. My specs: P4 2.0A o/ced to 2.67ghz (I turn it down to 2.4 often) Enermax 430 watt psu (sorry I don't remember the exact model number, next time I open it up I'll check) MSI GeForce 3 (doesn't make much noise AF...