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- Sun Jul 18, 2004 1:52 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Help me build a quite PC!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5164
- Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:23 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Undervoltable Motherboards: ADD to the list!!
- Replies: 313
- Views: 404234
- Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Are PSU ledges usually this long?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3393
If the ledge is attached to the back of the case with rivets, the easiest way to remove it would be to drill out the rivets. Just take any old drill bit (bigger than the rivet), press it up against the rivet, and pull the trigger. The goal is basically to demolish the rivet, not to actually drill ou...
- Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:50 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Two fanmates in series for <5V?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2937
The fanmate is a linear voltage regulator - it's more complex than just a simple potentiometer, but it isn't PWM. PWM works by rapidly switching the power to the fan on and off. If you pop open a fanmate, you'll find a cute little heatsink hiding a small IC - the IC is the voltage regulator, and the...
- Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:25 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Radeon 9600: ultimate SilentPC video card?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 41075
I feel like re-resurrecting this topic, so here goes: I have a 9600 pro vanilla, with stock HSF. I want to change this to a passive heatsink, and have three options in mind. A) Zalman ZM80C-HP ($25ish) - will certainly cool the card well, but it's heavy and the warnings about moving the computer mak...
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 7:42 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Ziplocs for Ducting?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2881
Ziplocs for Ducting?
Has anyone ever considered/tried using ziploc-style bags as a duct material? In my basement, I have a number of aluminum angles lying around, and for a PSU duct (to a 5.25" bay), my idea is to create a framework out of these angles, then use Ziploc bags (cut up and taped together and to the aluminum...
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 7:10 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Stock P4 cooler or Nexus?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3334
(Btw, these readings are from ASUS PC Probe, if it matters.) It does matter. Asus motherboards are known for underreporting temps - generally by about 6-8 degrees C. However, I haven't seen much hard fact to corroborate this - rather a myriad of individuals' experiences. To be safe, I always preten...
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:43 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Question about CableGami
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11277
Sheets of plastic may build up an electrostatic charge. Doesn't sound like a good idea. nevertheless, it is still an insulator. Charge will only build up in a location if that spot is rubbed with something, and can only be discharged into something touching that particular spot. Furthermore, atmosp...
- Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:06 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Panaflos with RPM sensor?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2832
Panaflos with RPM sensor?
Before I really knew what I was doing, I orderd a couple of 80mm L1A's from SVC, and now I realize that they will probably be made in china, not japan, and won't have an RPM sensing wire. Looking around at some other websites, I am unable to find panaflos for sale that seem to have the third wire. I...
- Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:00 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: How to silence parents?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15091