I mean evidence based on concepts of physics or design.

The reason they have two groups of SATA connectors is because motherboard manufacturors can't modify the southbridge chip. There are 4 headers built into the chip, therefore they can only have 4 connectors. With any luck, the 4 additional ports will be bridged through PCI-E, not regular PCI, so you'...

Very very slightly offcenter.

Good idea. I'll get a roll of eletrical tape.

I just added a temp gauge for the PSU heatsinks, as it's the only thing SpeedFan can't read.

Yup.

There is absolutely no evidence, theoretical or empirical, that mounting modern HDs on an angle causes problems.

Considering the contents of this box, I think I did pretty well. Specs: K8V SE Deluxe Athlon 3200+ (Newcastle) GeForceFX 5900Ultra 1GB PC3200 (1 Mushkin, 1 Samsung) 2x 200GB Maxtor DM10 SATA LG 52X HP DVD420i http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/SplinterFTJ/quiet_openoblique.jpg http://img.photobu...

I'm quite familliar with how gyroscopes work, we covered them in honours physics. It doesn't matter if you're dealing with 1 or 4 dimensional systems, net force equals net mass plus net acceleration. Always. (please don't get ridiculous and start talking about relativistic effects, they are totally ...

THat's my permanant suspension.

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tay wrote:After making a statement that stupid I think you are the one who should be heading back to highschool physics. Have a nice day!

Net force = Mass x Acceleration

...which is the basis for the concern of the drive engineers (the support people aren't just making this stuff up). I've had technical support staff tell me that the reason my PocketPC wouldnt charge was because it was plugging into a USB 1.1 socket (the unit is charged via a wall outlet) Support s...

Tibors, you need to go back to highschool and study basic kinematics. If the platters had unequal forces on them, they would accelerate. Last time I checked, the platters of MY harddrives were not falling through the case. I dunno bout yours. It has nothing to do with how many points of support ther...

PSU is an Antec TP 430, the Nexus is the only fan in it.

It's blowing into the PSU from inside the case.

The HSF is about 3/4 inches away from the HS


Anyway, I just realised why it was so much louder, I forgot I was running speedfan

The HSF is running at 35% max speed.

I'm running two Nexus 92mm fans, one in the powersupply, one paperclipped to the CPU heatsink.

The PSU one is 2-3 times louder than the one on the heatsink.

Is it because it's not decoupled, or is it an airflow thing?

Because gyroscopic precession is an effect on a free axis of rotation. Something sitting there by itself spinning is not a victim of it. Only when you take that spinning object and try and move it in a direction perpendicular to its axis of rotation does it become a factor. If you were moving the HD...

I updated the first post with the information Hyperslug collected.

Yes, my understanding was also that precession occurs when a rotating objects was not in equilibrium - i.e. unbalanced forces acting on it.

Since the force of gravity has the opposing normal and sheering forces, when talking about the spinning platters, how can precession happen?

I just picked up 3 Nexus fans from NCIX yesterday.

Mounted the 120 with foam and stretch magic

It seems a little ridiculous to me that some brands of HDs could be mounted obliquely and others couldn't.

I think what's more realistic is that some manufacturors are just trying to limit their liability.

I could tell you for sure if I had my machine here, alas I don't. But have you tried the nVidia bios editor?

I liked my 200gb SATA DM10 so much that I just bought anotherone, I get it thursday.

I'd rather not glue a VGA silencer to a brand new 200gb SATA HD without an idea of whether or not it's going to help things

I've got a spare VGA Silencer Rev3 kicking around that I bought for my GFX5900U without checking the compatibility. The store wouldnt let me return it, then I broke the fan switch by mistake. Anyway, It's just sitting in a box now. Do you think that using thermal adhesive to attach it to a suspended...

I just did a brief test.

A single strand of 1.8mm SM, looped around a 15lbs barbell was supported for about 2 minutes with no sign of breakage. (I didnt test for longer because I got bored)

So I'm pretty damn sure 4 strands could support 2 harddrives indefinately.

p-clamps.

Is there such a beast as a 1.5mm p-clamp?

I live pretty far out in the boonies, I dont want to drive all the way out to the hardware store only to find out that they dont exist, or that they're too small to accomodate a harddrive screw.

I'm using them with Stretch-magic.

I get my computer back on Thursday

I'll take pics then, cracking open the PSU isnt a problem.

No acoustipak.

Just 75% AMM and elastic suspension in the Xpyder case.

The DM10s are astoundingly quiet, a massive improvement over the DM9s

Cold heatsinks = hot components in my experience.

My multi-platter HDs are completely inaudible. And I mean in the dead of night, in the middle of the country with the fridge off and a a pencil jamming my single 7v nexus. I cannot hear them. This argue IS useless anyway, because the HD manufacturors are not going to put out an HD that doesnt wear i...

It doesnt matter if they develop multi-phasic hologramatic tertiary bilinear storage with 256-bit processors and a heated keyboard. If all I want to do on my computer is watch movies and listen to music, there is no reason for me to upgrade. Not now, not ever. Maybe RPGs and Adventure games (do they...