Most PSUs will turn on with the paperclip trick.

However, some (older) PSUs required some load (1-2A) on 5V rail, or the regulation of 12V rail was off, especially when loading the 12V rail heavily (more than 3A).

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Jan

Try unplugging the front fan altogether and test what happens to the temperatures (and noise).

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Jan

Which is what cool'quiet gives you, so those undervolting soft are not worth the trouble anymore. You do still gain much by using less than spec voltage under load (same as basic undervolting from BIOS without Cool 'n' Quiet). C'n'Q defaults to 1,4 V (1.5 V for Clawhammer/NewCastle). You should be ...

Click Configure and look what sensors give what temperatures (the Chip column). There is a quite comprehensive list of different H/W monitoring chips on the SpeedFan page (as sundevil_1997 already linked), so you can check what you should see. LM7x/8x/9x sensors are usually found, because some H/W m...

Well, I did measure the rotor lock currents for the Nexus few months back. This was with a $20 multimeter, so the results might not be accurate.

I got 105 mA with 12,7 V, which adds up to 1,33 W.

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Jan

F2 works also.

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Jan

cool n quiet is does often not work using more than 2 sticks of ram on a 939 or 1 stick on a 754. THis includes the recommended list of motherboards where it says "yes 2 sticks verified! woohoo!" it didnt for me, and it hasnt for 2 other people who are computer geeky and have fx systems. Older A64'...

You could get them from across the bay (=Finland): Jimm's PC Store . The current availability is marked quite poorly though in their listings - one of the 2400+ models is sold out (="LOPPU", might be currently or indefinitely); maybe it's still possible to order the other models. Direct link to the ...

I'm afraid it's not possible. The head/slider assembly is designed to float above the platters, and the correct flying height is maintained by an air bearing. This air bearing is generated from the spinning platters (Bernoulli effect?), and is proportional to the rotation speed. Should the speed dro...

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OK. Let us know whether it works properly or not.

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Jan

An US lawsuit could improve the accuracy of the specifications...

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Wow. So Raptor really is as quiet as the reference drives when idle? And seeks comparable when no AAM is enabled? (Well, obviously the sharpness of the sound (energy distribution on seek) is different, which can cause different noises when/if the drive is hard-mounted.) Also, the power measurements ...

There is Etech PM300 (or is this the same as the first link you provided?).

I don't know if it's good or not though.

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Jan

Oh wow, I just checked and Cool 'n quiet was disabled. CPU temp is down to 36C. Does Cool 'n Quiet reduce speed noticably? Is there a lag when it has to "wake up" and turn up the frequency? You can also configure Cool 'n' Quiet yourself for lower temperatures. CrystalCPUID: User Configurable Cool '...

m0002a wrote:I installed XP w/SP2 on SATA drives (without RAID) and didn't need the floppy.

This is quite a nice feature from the nForce3 chip. I hope it's still present in the new SATA II version.

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Jan

johnh123 wrote:Not to go off on a tangent, but what are bad temps for a HD? Mine are between 31 and 42C...

SPCR Sticky: Max safe temp for hard drives?

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I asked AMD tech support again to confirm which Semprons support Cool'n'Quiet, and I received this reply: ...I have consulted with an engineer here who has provided the following explanation. All 754 pin parts with a frequency of 1.8GHz or higher will have the Cool n Quiet Technology incorporated i...

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Another point that I'll raise: any way to hide (not minimise) the main window without closing and running the shortcut? I often did this by accidentally clicking the tray icon. It's the only thing that spoils it slightly I'm very sorry for not responding sooner. Been really busy lately... :? Anyway...

Anyway. Got results for Tach using DC and PWM. The DC is obviously fine, but using PWM, as predicted, the signal is bad. Noise and chopping all over the shop, so I did the best I could. The signal is useable down to a duty cycle of 0.7, below that its just garbage. This is with a 10uF cap across th...

I have my GlacialTech in a PSU, so it's next to impossible to compare. It doesn't make any ill (bearing) noises though ATM.

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Jan

re: drag and drop. Try dragging with the right mouse button ;) Yes, thanks. Forgot that important part. Another way is to keep Alt depressed while dragging with left mouse button. Defaults to creating a shortcut this way. Or, maybe the problem arises from a "left-handed mouse"? So, dragging the pro...

Sorry for the late reply.

I also have one temperature reading, which varies from 17-22°C. I have no idea what it measures, if anything. Visible both in MBM and SpeedFan.

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Jan (or anyone else), can you clarify how, and at what point in the process, you create the shortcut? Thanks. You can create the shortcut at any time. As said in the article, Windows' drag'n'drop doesn't function quite as desired - all drags'n'drops within same drive default to moving the file. If ...

I've seen a Seagate whitepaper (IIRC it was 15k.3's manual), where the sensor was attached above the connectors, to the metal body of the drive (drive placed in the "normal" orientation). Is this the same as "back side of the drive"?

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Jan

1. MSI K8N Neo Platinum, with the original fanless HS on the chipset.

2. Seems to run stably at 44-46°C regardless of idle/load.

3. MBM/SpeedFan.

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Jan

PowerNow is used in mobile chips, while Cool 'n' Quiet is the desktop "counterpart".

There are few reports claiming that the new Socket754 Sempron 2600+ and 2800+ don't support Cool 'n' Quiet (read: multiplier locked). Sempron 3000+ and 3100+ are said to support CnQ.

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Jan

Putting LEDs in parallel is not a very wise idea. Most likely they all have a bit different forward dropout voltage. When a forward voltage is applied, the dropout voltage across the LEDs rises until only one (or few) starts conducting all the current, until it burns out. In which case the dropout v...

So far in this thread I have seen kernel hacks mentioned and only one program SpeedFreq which looks to be alpha. Maybe were not so well covered... Sorry for the late response. I'm afraid You are right -- I couldn't find any similar utilities for Linux. However, there are few projects, which could c...