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- Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:14 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: GA-MA78G cannot power of USB - please help
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5533
Interesting. The knee-jerk answer is "all mobos have a jumper to switch whether the USB ports get power from +5V or +5VSB, switch yours from +5VSB to +5V!" Except having had quick peek at the manual it appears the GA-MA78G-DS3H has no such jumper(s), which is a surprise to me but ...! Things to try ...
- Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:47 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Xigmate[k] availability
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9003
I am sure this has been discussed before, but can anyone explain why things are always much more expensive in the EU/UK than in the US? OK, I'll bite. VAT. Plain and simple. As long as my fellow citizens keep abdicating personal responsibility to a nanny state we will have to live with higher taxes...
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:48 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: FreeBSD monitoring tools?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10992
All right then, does anyone know some Linux -alternatives to Speedfan, Motherboard Monitor, and CoreTemp? Dont know about BSD, but have no problems in (SuSE) Linux - most of the low level stuff needed (like sensors) is there by default. I add hddtemp, gkfreq, and then view it all through GKrellM. H...
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:59 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Lowest power AMD: BE-2400, 4050e, 5000+
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6835
juamez - nice analysis and insight. I too am pondering upgrading my kit as it approaches its 3rd birthday and so trying to gain some insight into the current 'state of the nation'. The 740G has caught my eye and I am pondering the CPUs in this thread or perhaps seeing where dual-core Semprons slot ...
- Sat May 24, 2008 6:00 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: A Quick Euro Poll
- Replies: 39
- Views: 19950
(Domestic house) Gas has just gone up to 2.69p/m3 (approx €0.034) That's stupidly cheap. 1m^3 is about 0.26€ here. Are you sure you weren't off by an order of magnitude? Well spotted - it is actually charged at 2.69p/kWh. My calorific value means I get about 10.8 kWh/m^3, so yes, should have sa...
- Fri May 23, 2008 11:22 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: A Quick Euro Poll
- Replies: 39
- Views: 19950
- Mon May 12, 2008 11:46 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Linux Undervolting, any news?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 25519
this is for Folding, so max freq all the time. in any case undervolting saves more power than downclocking. the reduced clocks are usually just done to enable lower Vcore. One thing I haven't seen in a quick scan of this thread is what I do. Enable CnQ, set powernow to ignore nice time. Which means...
- Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:09 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Anyone know of good cpu/system monitoring software?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3910
I still use GKrellM with lm-sensors. Gives me temperatures, voltages, fans & alarms/actions, CPU load, memory/swap status, folding progress, mail flags, disk, LAN & DSL traffic load etc. Can probably fly the space shuttle but I haven't tried that plugin
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:15 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SMART not supported with WD GP?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6141
All looks fine to me: hdparm -I /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: WDC WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 Serial Number: WD-WCASU0621311 Firmware Revision: 01.01B01 Transport: Serial, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5 Standards: Supported: 8 7 6 5 Likely used: 8 Configura...
- Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:17 am
- Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
- Topic: quick question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10200
Re: quick question
Welcome. My question is, what happens if you are folding in the background (with the GUI console) and someone shuts down the PC? Next time folding starts on that PC it resumes from the previous checkpoint. It checkpoints every 30 mins (IIRC) by default but it is a configurable parameter. oh and will...
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:56 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD GP - which one/series?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6603
Re: WD GP - which one/series?
They also have a 'stealth' version - WD5000AAVS. It doesn't appear anywhere on their website but is widely available in retailers and I have one (complete with GP label).Plekto wrote:They apparently have three series of the same drive.
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:54 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Post your power consumption
- Replies: 109
- Views: 95611
Re: Post your power consumption
The 2006 thread starts here.tehfire wrote:Sorry to everybody since I know this is just a duplicate thread...
- Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:54 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: How much Electricity do you use? How much can you REDUCE it?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 23006
Electricity - 214 kWh /month (average last 12 months) Gas - 428 kWh /month (average last 12 months) 500 sq ft mostly single occupant. Much of the electricity is 'luxury' - PC folding 24/7 is circa 70kWh/month, tropical fish tanks are about 100kWh/month. Gas for central & water heating and most cook...
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:51 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 8GB SSD plugs directly into USB header on motherboard
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4888
Re: 8GB SSD plugs directly into USB header on motherboard
I also like the idea: the better plan is Do-It-Yourself when your get more choice about capacity/performance/bootability etc.theycallmebruce wrote:This is a brilliant idea..
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:48 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD5000AAKS issue
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8524
I got a WD5000AAVS on the weekend - very impressed both with noise (the Nexus @ 8V is still my noisiest component) as well as performance. Heard a bit of a whine (the normal disk drive motor start sound) when it first started but not a peep since. Even though it is strapped to SATA 150 (my Via 8237 ...
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:58 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: which software to use to monitor CPU temp
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8902
I use GKrellM with lm-sensors.
- Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:30 pm
- Forum: Site Feedback
- Topic: What purpose does email verification serve now???
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4986
Re: What purpose does email verification serve now???
What is the point of email verification???? To ensure that only people you want are entitled to join the forums. I run a forum that has limited membership and that cannot be read by non-members. Having an email exchange with folks who try to register is the only logical way to validate the credenti...
- Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:34 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Question about Ubuntu
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2261
More a bump than a solution. I am on SuSE and still pretty much a novice. Heaps of stuff is logged during boot (/var/log/boot.msg) etc and is also available in KDE (e.g. KInfoCentre) which are probably identical in Ubuntu. But I am not sure I can can find a report of my actual FSB. I seem to remembe...
- Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:35 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: TV Capure Cards
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3077
First - if you let on which country you are in makes it easier for folks here to offer advice. Second if you have an idea of what signal (cable, satellite, terrestrial, ...) you plan to use would also be handy. My Avermedia AverTV DVB-T is great and cost peanuts. Full support is now built in to 2.6....
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:25 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Vai Epia, 1GB memory showing as 512MB
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4139
I agree with smc - there seems to be some incompatibility issue. But there is a 0.1% chance of a defective stick. You dont seem to have any reasy way to prove of disprove either of these options which omplicates things! I wouldn't blindly trust their 'memory configurator'. Me neither, but it does ha...
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:44 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Vai Epia, 1GB memory showing as 512MB
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4139
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:26 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: What is "safe" temp for HD's ?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 21950
Can I recommend this old sticky in the Storage Forum - Max safe temp for hard drives?
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:41 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Whats the best FANLESS PSU?????
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7176
Fairly meaningless question without the context of case type and airflow, system thermals and ambient temps (as suggested by Devonavar ). In my current config a fanless PSU is insanity as my psu fan provides the only case airflow I have. In a previous life I used an el-cheapo psu (actually a Deer ba...
- Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:55 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Fans, connectors, 5 volts, linux "speedfan" apps?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1987
Re: Fans, connectors, 5 volts, linux "speedfan" ap
Sorry cant help on the 4 pin fan connector.
Check this thread.fitzhugh wrote:Any suggestions on good speedfan-like app for linux?
- Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:20 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: New HDD, are 250GB WDs as good (noisewise) as 500GB WDs?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6330
- Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:15 pm
- Forum: Site Feedback
- Topic: Has SPCR site load speed improved?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9025
Hard to quantify, but my subjective feel is pretty much the same. (Based on simultaneously opening several favourite Tabs in Firefox, SPCR Forums always was about last to load, and still is.) However it may be better in that I have yet to have any extremely slow moments which were pretty frequent in...
- Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:04 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PSU is hot / PC was off for a day
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3207
Re: PSU is hot / PC was off for a day
Is that all it is, ... More or less, yes. The standby circuit is probably spec'd at 5A on the 5VSB circuit, 25W total. In addition to the mobo itself you may have a few other components (plugged into the mobo, even via USB depending on jumpers, and/or keyboard, mouse etc) actually 'alive' while the...
- Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:37 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Did I make a mistake with my PSU fan?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2353
Re: Did I make a mistake with my PSU fan?
So, I'm hoping that maybe someone can tell me whether this is bad for my PSU. IMHO probably not. Most off-the-shelf components (your psu in this case) are engineered for extreme conditions that may not be what you are providing. The bottom line is temperatures: your psu probably has an ambient spec...
- Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:22 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 4309
- Views: 2599357
Radio Le Mans Sadly couldn't get there this year. The Astons are doing good, and Audi are showing off again.
- Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:47 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Power Problems!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2083
90% likely the mobo, 9.99% likely the psu otherwise definately the switch/case. Or to be fair on the mobo may be a particular mobo/psu combination that is just like that. But the mobo should hold a signal down for long enough (when the power switch is pushed) to get the psu to start. My suspicion is...