A bit late to reply now, but I discovered the problem was a software incompatibility. I had to upgrade the OS.

It's been 2 years since I settled on my last fanless system (EPIA based). With the conroe now out and in stock, I think it might be a good time to upgrade the system. Again, I'm looking to run the system completely fanless as such I will opt for the slowest core2 chip (allendale based). Anyone tried...

great way to do it. i'd like to do the same but have no spare room to do this! i thought of the garage and using some wireless connection and having a dumb terminal with no HDDs in my room, but i'm not convinced what the lag on such a setup would be. currently, the HDD is the only noise making compo...

Has anybody tested these two drives together? I have the 5400rpm and am getting another drive. Checking the specs on the seagate website gives: ACOUSTICS (bels) 5400.1 fluid bearing (typ/max-quiet/max-perf) _2.6/2.9/3.0 ACOUSTICS (bels) 7200.7 fluid bearing (typ/max-quiet/max-perf) _<2.2/2.7/3.5 How...

thanks. i saw a few models of fanless psu's. all expensive. and usually out of stock too! :)

anyone used this before: http://www.dabs.com/uk/templates/Channels/ProductInfo/ProductInfo1.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fuk%2fchannels%2fcomponents%2fprocessors%2fproductView%2ehtm%3fquicklinx%3d2RWY&NRNODEGUID=%7bF4349449-951D-47C5-9477-46EBD6E053DE%7d&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&quicklinx=30WY if ...

thanks for the replies so far. you're right about the photoshop being a memory hog. though i am cpu constrained too. 600mhz of VIA EDEN just isn't very fast ;)

Hello. I've been away from this board for a while having settled on my fanless solutions of using EPIA boards. However, I have started to use my main computer for photoshop editing and it is not fast enough. I'm looking for something that would be of the performance of a 1ghz P4 class machine. It ne...

thanks for the replies/suggestions. it's not a problem that i find annoying at the moment since this machine does not usually run to full load (and i've configured it now so that it should not). i use the standard board (which is fanless) and have not replaced any of the heatsinks. the board sits on...

I just though I'd report how I've been getting on with my fanless systems after using them for a while. On my 800mhz system (used primarily as a webserver), I noticed huge problems with occasional hanging and refusal to boot. In the end, I discovered that the heatsink is insufficient for dispersing ...

yes it is possible to put a custom splash screen on boot up. i was hacking bios code a few years back and noticed that there were provisions to put things like custom logos etc. (e.g. compaq and dell boot up screens) however, this involves modifying the firmware and uploading it. getting it wrong wi...

[quote="Zyzzyx"]My five year old APC battery backup unit was humming. Pushed gently on the side of it, shut up. Let go, hums again. Hrrrmm... Ended up laying on its side to stop its humming.[/quote] actually, the reason I held off buying a UPS was that I was worried about the noise. currently, the o...

thanks for the reply. i'll check that out. it shouldn't be an issue with lack of power as it is on a 300W PSU that was enough to power a 'full' machine. the current setup is with an EPIA.

Does anybody have a recomendation for a quiet dvd drive? Mine sounds like a 747 taking off when it spins up. I've got a pretty quiet system, except for the optical drive. before buying a new drive, it might be worth looking for a firmware update. i know there are several drives where the firmware u...

I put together a new system and noticed the seek on my 5400rpm seagate drive to be a lot noisier than on another machine. Upon further investigation, I noticed that the noise was not coming from the HDD but was coming from the PSU but the noise was exactly the same as the HDD seek noise amplified! H...

Never mind 300Mhz to 600Mhz, think 300Mhz to 2.0+ GHz and you're rockin! if you can get a completely fanless 2ghz working, i'd be interested in hearing about it. obviously, if i can get more performance without an increase in noise, i'll go for it. i considered a mobile p4 system as i think some of...

What sort of motherboard is required to run a Mobile Celeron (600mhz)? I think this Celeron is a socket 495? Can anyone confirm this? Are there socket 495 motherboards?

My current silentpc (fanless celeron 300) is falling to pieces and i'm thinking of upgrading.

So, from this, it looks like the performance is good enough for general usage (e.g. web browsing, email, programming, downloading stuff) and may even feel faster due to the lower seek time, but it'll definitely lag behind if you try to use it for, say, media encoding. from the data you've provided,...

dgouldin wrote:With a microdrive I would be more worried about speed than noise.

For my purposes speed is not an issue. Well, ok, say anything >100k/s would be fine ;)

One (poor) option would be to set a drive spin down time of 1 minute and have it spun down most of the time. But then I'd need a drive with a very quiet spin up - not sure these exist.

I currently have a silent EPIA based system using those DC-DC adapters. I also have a desktop system that is not silent: Celeron 300A (18W) Abit BM6 Creative Labs SB16 Intel Pro 100Mb NIC ATI All-In-Wonder 128 Panasonic DVDROM Plextor 12x CDRW Seagate 5400rpm U series HDD (14W) 128mb DIMM Currently ...

[quote="korsch"]Do LCDs buzz?[/quote]

Yes. Though they are usually quieter than CRTs. If you don't have a fanless computer or are not in a silent room, you may not notice it.

I've tried a Seagate IV with AAM and I find it too noisy. Can anyone recommend an alternative? I've thought about the IBM Microdrives. Has anyone here used these? If so, how quiet are they, do they vibrate? Another alternative is Compact Flash but I'm concerned about the lifespan of these if there i...

I've tried liquid paper, and it wasn't a success. Heat from fingers combined with heat from the computer made it feel sticky (yes, it was dry before I turned on computer again) and it smeared a little bit over time. Removed that and went back to paper. There might be differences between different b...

why does the mouse need to make a sound when we click? why do keyboards have to be so loud? there's absolutely no need for it. its noise pollution. you won't get a silent keyb/mouse as they require movement. what you need is a telepathic input device ;) for keyboard, use a notebook keyboard and put...

[quote="Dru"] When I am using linux, I noticed when I bring Konqueror (KDE's Explorer equivalent), the buzz comes up! So now my guess is the amount of "whiteness" on the screen might be the culprit... very annoying indeed! This doesn't happen under Win2k though. I'm still baffled.[/quote] i had a si...

thanks for the replies. i'll have a look at a few lcd screens soon. i didn't realise that my monitor made any noise until i made the main pc silent. unfortunately, i use my pc mainly at night, so the buzzing is noticable (not a problem in daytime as even a bit of ambient noise masks the monitor nois...

Any recommendations for monitors that are silent? I'm currently using a Panasonic PanaSync 5G and the feint buzz is really annoying me now. Are LCD panels any better than CRTs? Are there any monitors without the low freq. buzz or high freq. whine?

can the EPIA be underclocked? i've seen the fanless versions for sale here in the UK but the price i've got is more than i can get the 900mhz version for.

if the cpu can be underclocked in the bios, i'd run it at a slower speed and remove the fan.