jaganath wrote:As what, a footstool?

No good, not even for that I don't have a use for it, but I don't feel like throwing it away.

If the card is fine for you, you could try with an additional fan, or maybe switch to an aftermarket cooler. Unless switching cards is cheaper (which I assume is not, if the shop ain't going to swap it)

Leaning..? The screen it's a pivot, it can be rotated. Regarding the strength of the spring, the monitor has 3 years warranty, so I'll make it fix and if it breaks again, I will still have time to have it fixed once more :) And anyway, I've found what seems to be a good home-made solution in case on...

Maelwys wrote:My hand screwdrivers are magnetic too which some people say you should never use, but I've built countless computers with them and never had a problem.

I'm all for magnetic screwdrivers, they can be lifesavers when you have to deal with screws in recessed locations

The only actual case fan is a Nexus 120mm exhaust which is the only thing I can hear from where I sit @ 1 meter from the PC. What's the point of having just one fan if you can hear it ? :) better have two and run them both at lower speed. IMO having many fans is OK as long as they're all inaudible....

I don't think you can do that. Those programs were just not designed with a multiuser environment in mind.

You could probably forbid some users from launching them, but I don't think there's a way to prevent 'unauthorized' modification of the configuration.

Update: I took a quick visit to the aforementioned forum. No news, people keep having troubles, they phone samsung, then get a replacement monitor, and that's all. However, the trhread has more than 210 pages (!!!) so any useful bit of information must be digged up with infinite patience. Regarding ...

Some people on other sites are posting idle temps of 20-22 degrees. What is ambient temp exactly?? I don't know the answer, but please keep in mind that some software will report unadjusted temperatures, which the unaware user may actually take as truthful. SpeedFan is such a software; don't even b...

One thing worth noting is that DDR2 and AM2 chips have become cheaper than 939 counterparts, just in case you want to upgrade or replace some parts. I ended up buying an Asrock 939NF6G-VSTA for less than 60 €. It's not bad, can do underclocking and undervolting (without CnQ). It doesn't have much ...

Looking at the photos, I seem to remember a link to a review was already posted on these forums. The manufacturer was a belgian brand IIRC.

That chipset has an IGP, to test for stability it would be necessary to stress both the southbridge and the graphics card, which I haven't done yet. It was scorching hot and it was just autopatching the OS... Is there a better tool than 3DMark to test for video card stability, anyway ? Free? PS: my ...

The ultima 90 beats the Tuniq Tower ?

Place the other drive under Low utilization, where it spends say 2/3rds of its time idling at 25°, and 1/3rd of its time at 100% use where its temp peaks at over 50°. Yours is an interesting point and really worth of noting. My experience is that a HDD inside a case will operate in a narrower ran...

The basic functions work ok, but this unit also has some features which require programming. I would also like to know how to reset the peak meter without having to resort resetting the whole unit.

MCP61 boards' owners what's your experience?

My second rig is currently in a hot, old case, and the thing reaches insane levels of temperature. I do not have a sensor attached, but I was naive enough to touch the puny copper heatsink only to burn my finger (ouch!)

Last time I visited the thread the 971 was not released yet, and people were already complaining that the 970 was not to be fixed because of the new model ;) I will take a look whether there is any news, anyway. I prefer the P-MVA panel of the 970 over TN panels which is used in gaming monitors (lik...

They don't have it online, if nobody else has it (which would be strange, IMO), I will scan the printed instructions and then go through the hassle of an OCR session.

Comes with instructions in German only. Anybody has it with english instructions?



(Sorry for wrong orientation)

I have the 970, it's a good panel but the arm is weak. On the largest national forum (of my country) there's a thread running where users report their experience; most of them (all?) had problems after 3-4 months of use. Indeed mine developed the same problem. AFAIK Samsung will replace those monito...

U120 on a K8N SLI Platinum, here. Fits perfectly, and cools down the VRM heatsink, too

My 939-based AMD system works perfectly fine with Knoppix and Trinity live CDs, as far as I can tell. AMD AM2 should work fine under Linux with nVidia-based motherboards such as the 6150SE . 65-nm parts, such as Brisbane dual cores, are energy-efficient and reasonably fast. Of course the C2D is fast...

If you only need to put three drives in, I think you would be better suspending them with some elastic. Those 4-in-3 brackets are only useful if you need to pack 4 drives in. In case more airflow is needed, a Scythe Kama Bay (sp?) will do it; the elastic + the Kama Bay (fan included) is way cheaper ...

My brand new S12-430 has what seems to be an unusually low power factor. Usually it's around 0.87, much less than the 0.99 reported in the review; the power meter seems ok and reports 0.99 for my Enermax Noisetaker 2.

Total AC power draw is under 80W, but this shouldn't be an issue. Any idea?

CoolGav wrote:To us Brits, David Kelly was an expert in biological warfare,

Check out Thom Yorke's Harrowdown Hill if you don't have yet nice song from Radiohead's frontman on David Kelly.

Chieftec IMO is a value brand, most of their products should cost less than a Solo. I've seen at least a couple of them relying on design solutions which are not optimal from a quietness standpoint, as rotated hard disk cages, a number of fan mounts with no clear definition of airflow, 80 mm fan. I ...

I've been forced to find a quick solution, as the laptop was shutting itself down when running memtest for more than 10 minutes. I applied a thin layer of Arctic Cooling MX-1 (just because it's advertised to last several years); and when I say thin I mean REALLY THIN, as the paste has become hard to...

The window itself is a Good Thing for silence, I'm told

I'm currently servicing my sister's laptop. The thing has a copper cooler with a heatpipe and spring-loaded screws for the mounting. It also has a weird kind of pad as a thermal interface for the CPU. Any experience with these? Is it safe to remove it and replace it with a more mundane thermal paste...

http://www.noiseblocker.de/en/produkt_luefter_nb-blacksilentfan-xe1.php This is good too. I think it came 3rd in 92mm SPCR fan round. I have had one for over a year and its very quiet. With under volting it becomes fast inaudiable over rest system. And it cheaper than Nexus. I've just bought two of...

Yes, it's possible. In most AMD motherboards the U120 will be exhausting upwards, while on 775 motherboards, you have the choice. If you have a DFI AMD motherboard, you'll need the S-Clip to allow for rotated mounting.