After settling down w/ my PC.. and letting it run 24/7 over the last couple of days.. My temps are reading 84.2 degrees in case, 114.8 degrees on the CPU and 73.58 in the room. This seems perfectly OK w/ me.. however I'm worried about the summer time. My room can easily reach temps of 83 degrees. Wo...

I believe there are many circumstances to bear in mind. Attatching the fan to the heatsink is a very effective way of cooling the sink because all of the airflow is directed towards the process of dissipating heat from the CPU. Using non-HS mounted fans (such as w/ a Zalman bracket) posistioned to b...

A better option, at least for a hack like me, is to use a 7406 to crank out pulses. one cap and 2 resistors gets you all you need. Fanman... as you know, I'm a learning these electronics ;) You should see my soldering techniques! Is there any way you could post a more detailed article w/ schematic,...

Seishimo, Good stuff! Now for the HDD grommets? I forgot to mail 'em out last week.. expect soon ;) Anyway, I just finished posting my mod . The Fan/HDD mounts REALLY worked out well. Let me know when you writeup the full story, and I'll include a link to it. For now.. I'm locating distributors.. Br...

Fancontrol,

Any DIY tips for creating something that'll FAKE a 3500+ RPM signal? I'm still doing it Guido style



Brice

Alright.. I finally managed to piece it together and post it A special thanks to the SPCR for making it all possibe!

www.guidospaper.com/comp.html



Brice

See my previous post.

In summary, the better power supplies can handle ("sink") it no problem..

I tried rubber grommets without doing above before and had to give up due to lots of torn rubber grommets, etc. Since Aluminum is not the easiet material to work with when bending to correct shape is involved I've been holding off on EAR HDD. Maybe some of adventurers can give us news on it. I just...

Riffer wrote:Another alternative would be to set it up with a fan like a M1BX and a circuit so it boots at full speed then drops down after boot.

It's a Panaflo 80MM L1A running at the full 12V

Brice

Ralf Hutter wrote: Apparently

Hey, if you said they're still quietter... then it sounds like a good thing to me

Brice

fancontrol,

would you mind letting me know how to build one? I have some spare fans, etc. ...and a radioshack nearby

Brice

Are you seriously asking me to attatch soft owl feathers to the outflow of my fan !?

First and foremost, I've pretty much completed my mod on the Antec 3U20 Rackmount case.. One of my largest problems is the computer not being able to powerup if I don't have something which rotates >= 3500 RPM in the CPU header... I've got around this problem by plugging a 40mm AMD Fan in the header...

I was thinking I could wire a resistor inline with the 12v power lead to reduce the voltage. Does anyone have any experience with this? Kreesto One way I went about this was soldering a few (6) 1N4001 Diodes together (each giving a 0.7v forward voltage drop), then insultating the thing and attatchi...

Okay, I'm definitely not sure what to do with those. Insert into the drive side, then insert into drive cage hole? They fit between the drive cage and whatever the cage may be mounted onto (in the diameter of the screw hole).. pardon my french. NOTE TO ALL FAN/HDD Grommet Purchasers: McMaster Carr ...

Okay, I'm definitely not sure what to do with those. Insert into the drive side, then insert into drive cage hole? They fit between the drive cage and whatever the cage may be mounted onto (in the diameter of the screw hole).. pardon my french. NOTE TO ALL FAN/HDD Grommet Purchasers: McMaster Carr ...

I agree with Kreesto.. it'll be really hard to get a 40MM quiet & still have it move air.. I just hacked the hell out of my PSU & Case.. and now have a 92MM exhausting out of the top!

Cheetos for skil saws..

Brice

jamoore9 wrote: Also, do you have a model number for either the G-410 or G-411 products?

Good news! They have these instock in packages of 25 for $7.76. Item # is 9311K138 (G-410), on pg 3436 of their catalog...

Brice

If you're in the other window ordering mounts from SA, I guess there's no sense in me supplying you ;) .. but let me know if you still need them! Also, I wasn't able to see what model # + material the mounts at SA are. I'm assuming they are the F-344 ... although they may be the F-345 which has a sm...

BriceB - could you please keep us posted on the stauts of your samples? I'll order some from McMaster-Carr if you get good results from your samples. Ralf, This brings up an interesting point.. how to scientifically test the effectiveness of the mounts. Any suggestions are welcome. I however have n...

Grounding the drives to the bracket isn't necessary. They're already grounded via both the power connection and the IDE. If there is an internal short one of 42 ground wires in those cables will carry it. The only protection you lose by not having it grounded to the case is protection against an ex...

if you can get 20 for ~$10 then i may participate in the bulk order to get them sent to the uk!!! Thats about 30p a unit. all done. thats a good bit less than the uk price for even 1000 units, hence if you guys can buy direct from the supplier then it may well be cheaper to get them sent over for t...

Do they sell Hard Disk mounts as well ? There are many sizes on the EAR web site, I do not know which is the best. Can you post the suppliers web site thanks efcoins, I posted it in my above message. The EAR model we're looking for is the F-344, and is part #5801k6 at McMaster-Carr website. I talke...

If anyone read my above post, I pointed to the wrong URL for the fan grommet supplier. The correct one is: McMaster-Carr

Brice

OK.. I just finished my wild goosechase involing talking to Ear Specialty Composites , the manufacter of our wanted grommets (I think MikeC mentioned this), A local distributor of their products, and McMaster, Inc. I have good news for US residents looking for these things. They are available via Mc...

fancontrol wrote:Does anyone know if the reviewers are willing to send the junk they test back when they're done? I'd hate to have one of these end up in a dumpster (or the equivalent back room box-o-stuff).

I believe that would be a contract made between you and the reviewer

My diobus is controlling all 5 fans. Contrary to what you think, connecting the fans in parallel will not result in any drop. Connecting them in series, however, will result in a drop. My diodes and switches finally arrived ;) now it's time to get dirty.... actually before I get started, I had a qu...

I would be very interested in these... and I'm also in the US. I wonder if there is a US manufacturer where we could do a similar group buy?? .. I wouldn't mind putting the money up front & then using my paypal account to accept payments & mail them out. Are there any US suppliers?? Thanks! Brice

fancontrol wrote:If I have a spare I may look into sending it to Tom's or someplace else.

For the good of others & yourself, I'd recommened removing the word "if" from the above statement.. build a spare or 2 to send out to the reviewers ( IF you can line them up.. )

Brice

fancontrol wrote: Can you (should I say, y'all?) provide some pointers to your favorite review sites? You can email me if you rather keep the clutter on this thread down...

Well.. my list is as follows:
SilentPC Review!!!

Ars Technica
Tom's Hardware
Anand Tech