I thought it was taboo to even consider a 500W PSU at SPCR.

I noticed that when I used this software it disturbed the mp3 player, the sound disappeared for a fraction of a second. I think it happened sometimes (but not always) when it switched speed. If you're folding, you'll never enter CnQ and thus never miss a beat so to speak. One thing that I would lik...

If you have 3 drives, how do you know which is causing the problem? Which will you suspend?

It is probably the ball bearings in the fan?

Mine used to do it a little, but after breaking it in a few weeks I haven't noticed it again. Mine too is running about 1000rpm, which appears to be its minimum speed.

What was the operating temperature of your HDD over this period?

Did you try to install XP on the SATA drive with the PATA drive detached?

You have no choice in the matter. One of the 12V lines is dedicated to the 4-pin "CPU" connector. The other 12V line goes to everything else, including ATX connector, all 4-pin molexes, etc. That is per the ATX 12V 2.0 specification.

I will say that the McMaster's U-channel referenced above is absolutely perfect for the job.

HolyBastard wrote:I've heard the DFI boards are quite with the stock fan...

Not to the standards here. Several of us with the DFI nF4 have replaced the stock HSF with something passive.

The leading candidates for a 6800GT are the Zalman VF700 and the Artic Cooling VGA Silencer NV5. Anything would be quieter than what is likely on your BFG.

I'm happy with my VF700 on an eVGA card.

Here is my NB47J installation with a 6800GT above it. I used needle-nosed pliers to bend and wire cutters to cut the fins. It isn't difficult. There are other similar postings. If you search for "NB47J" you should find them. You could put an unmodified NB47J on the chipset and put your VGA in the b...

You likely won't like the active HSF on the nF4 chip, but something like a Zalman NB47J is a possibility, either with some bending/trimming of fins for a VGA above it or putting your VGA in the other slot (moving SLI jumpers to SLI, even on Ultra board). An X800XL or 6800GT will likely be loud. If y...

I have a few of the PCTek D12SM-12s. You can certainly adjust the RPMs with voltage (or PWM), but there is no RPM sensing. These fans have just two wires.

I don't know where that HyperTransport came from, but nVidia's own graphic doesn't say HyperTransport between the CPU and the SPP.

Never mind. Now I see it on NCIX.

The problem is that there is no objective measurement of temperatures by the chips or by the motherboards. So one cannot compare one motherboard to another in terms of reporting CPU temps, and to a lesser extent you cannot compare different chip models even from the same manufacturer. As noted, som...

Also, it has been said by many that the Thermalright units cool a little better and are a little quieter than the Zalmans. There are good discussions of this here , here , and here . The XP-90 is only $38 , which (according to Froogle) is about $6 more than the Zalman 7000. Well, that doesn't inclu...

I don't have any XP-64 experience, but I would recommend detaching all drives except for your primary SATA. With XP-32 I've had issues with it seeing an IDE drive with a primary partition, calling that C, and then installing on the SATA as drive D, etc. It wasn't at all clear inside the installer th...

Have you replaced the noisy A/C fan with a Nexus yet?

Only thing I would not as a deal killer on the SLK 3000 is it puts the top of the motherboard very close to the power supply so you do have to be careful with mobos mounting the cpu up top and big heatsinks not fitting. I think there is at least 1.5 - 2in of clearance up there between the top of th...

I'm folding 24/7 with my overclocked Winchester 3500+ at 240x10 1.46V at 40-42C, about 9-11C above case temperature. BurnK7 runs about 5C higher. This is with a 7000B-Cu running at minimum Fanmate speed. I haven't completed calibrating my temperature, but initial indications are that I am within 2C ...

StarfishChris wrote:There are very few Tinkers around now..

9 of my 15 CPUs are currently running Tinkers. The rest are Gromacs.

The DFI has a tighter approach and they allow a better overclock with 1T, but it's a nightmare when it comes to quieting the chipset cooler. Modding an NB47J to have a silent chipset cooler was far from a nightmare for me, even with a VGA above it. The fact that you can run your video card in the o...

The DFI nF4 Ultra and SLI support CnQ and undervolting down to 0.8V.

I'm happy with my DFI Ultra-D modded with a passive NB47J. Folding 24/7, my chipset is at 45C (case temperature 32C), with CPU at 240x10 and memory at 240.

Sorry, my vent is sealed. It overlaps my 7000 by about 20%, with the vent being too far toward the upper left. I can't see how it could interfere with a video card, and I doubt an XP-120 is an issue either.

Techno Pride wrote:strangely, the fan starts fine when connected to the PSU's +5v line. I thought yateloons have trouble starting at low voltages.

I thought that was just the low speed (e.g., Nexus) ones that likely have some voltage reduction built-in. My D12SM-12 starts just fine at 5V.

I find it amazing that Samsung's HUTIL, SHDIAG, and SUTIL utilities do not support their SATA drives. I had to use Hitachi's utilitity to manipulate the AAM settings. Come on Samsung!

Electrically it isn't really any different than someone 7V'ing a fan outside the PSU.

My guess on the noise is that it is the noises from the two hard drives "beating" against eachother. If you try to run with one drive off, does it sound different?

If so, a softer mounting (e.g., sorbothane or suspension) would likely knock it out.