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by trodas
Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:36 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: NF7-S refurb from newegg... are they good?
Replies: 8
Views: 3332

Got the MSI KT6V and Abit KD7-G from refurb newegg.com for nice price. The Abit has disfunctional NB fan, obviously running for some time, need cleaning and I replaced the fan with Zalman ZM-47j anyway, no other glitch found on the mobo. MSI is perfect, obviously never run one, not a glitch (except ...
by trodas
Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:14 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Soltek mobo and XP-M: multi locked!
Replies: 11
Views: 3900

No, Tigr, caml down, there is no such a thing :wink: Just test yours in ANY other mobo to see :lol: I tested mine in Abit KD7-G, Epox 8RDA+ and soon I hope in DFI NFII Lanparty B :wink: Of course every allow multiplicator changes. The Abit even full 5 bit - I mean I can go over 12.5 multiplier. You ...
by trodas
Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:05 am
Forum: Consumer Advocacy
Topic: Dubious Marketing
Replies: 78
Views: 159821

Tigr - WTH! Damn, blame the tech support to hell! :x That faults are untolerable... :? There are out still some old AthlonsXP with unlocked multiplicators too, I wonder is they will work - eg. allow the multiplicator changes... :roll: My bet is on no, because I did not see any way how the mobile Ba...
by trodas
Fri Jun 18, 2004 12:48 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: you GO genetomcat
Replies: 22
Views: 11680

Guys, guys... :roll: You all are pretty much right and I can't argue with what all of you pointed out... :? ...actually, there is one more point that come to my mind about WHY adding the folding sig - to other novice folders aren't feel alone with their small starting points and add the "proud to fo...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:46 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Noisy motherboards! Idle noise?
Replies: 5
Views: 3263

I never ever heard such sound from mobo! :shock: :o I heard it from PSU, but not mobo... :shock: ...my quess is, that something on the Radeon is not right, becase 3 different mobos can't produce the same sound, just with the same GFX card. I suggest bash the ATI thig :lol: ...okay, seriously - find ...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:40 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: IDE cable dilema - need special one...
Replies: 31
Views: 16885

IDE cable dilema - need special one...

Im not sure if this is good place, or I should try the General discussion tread (when get too low imput I perhaps do :wink: ), but I got this ot so simple problem. It seems that I need special ATA133 cable. Just follow me. Todays, the ATA66+ cables has defined where master/slave devices on them must...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:19 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Max safe temp for hard drives?
Replies: 103
Views: 947177

Just to disturb those who believe in HDD cooling and such things - mine drivers are constantly over 50 degrees, let's take a look, 58 right now and workign fine for years :P Mostly Maxtors 6Y120P0 and 6Y160P0, and some Seagate Barracuda IV 80G ones. Record temp - 83 degrees for my 6Y160P0 one - well...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:14 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: RIP my 5yr old Fujitsu
Replies: 3
Views: 1974

The drive lifetime might depend heavily on conditions and usage :wink: I mean - I still have my first working HDD, a 85MB Maxtor 2.5" drive back from spring 1993 :lol: But from his stay on my friend it get a bad block area on the drive - nothing spreading, just this... ...makes one wonder, what the ...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:05 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Raid with two barracudas
Replies: 8
Views: 3606

Do you think Raph, that any firmware update can cure this? I have two these too, even I did not ever again want damn RAID, I just wondering what they changed... :roll:
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:03 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: DVD-RW/+RW Recommendation? ( pref 8x w/ 8mb cache and QUIET)
Replies: 31
Views: 14661

I has a LG and Im happy to get rid of it, as it did NOT support the settings speeds, witch is essential for QUIET playback of DVDs! :evil: :evil: :evil: NEVER EVER ANYTHING FROM LG AGAIN, i wasted too much time explaining to them why speed setting by sowtware is important. I got NEC 2500A and what a...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:40 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: you GO genetomcat
Replies: 22
Views: 11680

Well, I tought the G@H is a different project, independent from F@H - seems that I was obviusly wrong :roll: I rather leave the prefs alone and focus on upgrading speed of my lousy folders instead - this give much better boost and I not digging too much to the folding into way how to maximize my poi...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:28 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Interesting Races and Folders-on-the-Move
Replies: 975
Views: 642841

Dunno why, but somewhat I got the feeling that you have an personal interest in what you suggesting :lol: :wink: :P :twisted:
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:43 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Team F'm
Replies: 28
Views: 16064

Dunno why, but I just don't feel this team number is fully random anyway :lol: :P ...when I look at my numlock keyboard, I see the numbers 31574 creating a nice half-arrow pointing up, to yours destiny :twisted: OTOH, linking up 6 and 2 show a right downside trajectory :roll: Dunno what this means :...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:33 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Top 10 Signs you take Silent Computing too seriously
Replies: 27
Views: 17933

Definitively agreed from whole my heart :wink: :P :twisted:
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:27 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: NF2 board with lowest VCore
Replies: 13
Views: 6280

Well, to be honest, I started collecting these infos from various mobos and store it there: http://trodas.wz.cz/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=115 :wink: ...there is not so much infos ATM, but I hope some users contribute values for their mobos, so... :wink: :P /me starting to think that I should add also q...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:17 am
Forum: Consumer Advocacy
Topic: Dubious Marketing
Replies: 78
Views: 159821

Hell, now I want to complain a "little"! :evil: ...and I hope this is the right tread too :lol: :twisted: [rant] I want to complain about MSI KT6V mobo. This one: http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=KT6V-LSR ...well, let's start, shall we? For a testing/backup machine I can overlook ...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 6:57 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Antec RMA nightmare
Replies: 14
Views: 7605

/me sticking with my Enermax 431W :roll: :oops: :HUG: :KISS: ...what a nice PSU :P (PSUs need love too :wink: ) PS:hero - good luck on fixing, it should be fairly simple, just locate the coil that cause the noise - PLEASE use non conductive and enought long material (like a wooden - DRY! - stick) to...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 6:27 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Top 10 Signs you take Silent Computing too seriously
Replies: 27
Views: 17933

ROLF! :lol: :lol: :lol: What a funny tread... :P ...but this... 7. 25 years from now you start your own cult which worships a giant all-copper heatsink Is not funny anymore. Im ready to worship giant copper heatsink now :roll: :lol: You try to undervolt the clocks in your house in order to get rid o...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:51 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: What's Best Ram? My system I'm gonna build.
Replies: 80
Views: 61978

Ha, with little search I ended up wit this link: http://www.nexfan.com/nexfan03/alfr90sicafa.html Where they admit that: "...does not support RPM monitoring." - so you are right only 2 wires... :roll: http://store.yahoo.com/nexfan03/9092mmfans.html - where you see 3 wires (the yellow one), this is t...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:25 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: What's Best Ram? My system I'm gonna build.
Replies: 80
Views: 61978

Well, I wrote likely, because what if the 3rd wire are just hidden on the image? :roll: I still think that you do best when you drop them quick mail about your search for a quiet (probably?) fan WITH RPM monitoring. When fan have two vires only, then it's not likely, but for sure wo RPM monitoring :...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:49 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Best floppy drive?
Replies: 29
Views: 22519

Well, I not using the floppy much, but I think the dude on Axiontech a bit exaggerating with the number of failures :? Like Ralph, I never see floppy drive break - the only one case is, when I break it by myself :lol: :wink: When I got mine and brother his one, I can report how they are reliable :wi...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:40 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: What's Best Ram? My system I'm gonna build.
Replies: 80
Views: 61978

Then two vires, NetTechie, mean that there is likely no RPM monitoring at all... :roll: Sad but true. Look for another one :P Edward Ng - the photo damn suxx somewhat :? They should use special macrolight for close-up photography of reflecting surfaces, damn :twisted: Amateurs :twisted: I show them,...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:34 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: MB help!
Replies: 3
Views: 2343

...the only one question is about the "support Barton mobile..." :wink: I mean, there are now some mobos, that recognize the chip, but not set yet the right Vcore for default operation :wink: And other mobos, that come up with only unknown CPU or AMD K7, like my old Epox 8RDA+ that come up with AMD ...
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:28 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: NF2 board with lowest VCore
Replies: 13
Views: 6280

Both the almost identical (except the Lanparty Gigabite network) DFI mobos (Ultra Infinity and Lanparty) allow you Vcore settings from 1.00V to 2.00V :wink: :twisted:
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:25 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: you GO genetomcat
Replies: 22
Views: 11680

Well, I just learned that average WU deadline for some projects are about 18 days, so this is mostly acceptable and even the VIA C3 make it with Tinker :lol: :P
Hoooray! :twisted:

/me still thinkin about replacing the VIA with something much more powerfull, but how to cool it fanlessly? :?
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:20 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: YEEEEE HAaaaaW!!!
Replies: 7
Views: 3605

haysdb, are you suggesting what we was not fair with team FM??? :shock: :?

In that case I have to strongly disagree with you :oops: :wink:
by trodas
Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:54 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: I would appreciate it if you would keep our boards clean.
Replies: 60
Views: 40204

sonofdbn - hehe :P Im not a fan of footbal either :wink: :P Hell, what it this game all about anyway? From my point of view, there are twenty crazy dudes, running after someting small, white and rolling all over the big green place with ocassional stops into some grids on one or another side :roll: ...
by trodas
Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:06 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: you GO genetomcat
Replies: 22
Views: 11680

Well, but it is help, when the WU is returned past the deadline... :?:

That's the question.

...i fear that the WU was the already let to someone else to fold, so I creating with the VIA just problems, and not helping :cry:
by trodas
Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:03 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: I'm in...
Replies: 63
Views: 28971

shathal - if you are owner, then not a problem :wink: What about... run F@H as service?

Then you not need to bother with anyting - except that the machines stay on as long, as possible :twisted:
by trodas
Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:46 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: SPCR's next conquests
Replies: 41
Views: 28673

Hey, clean that off! :lol: :P :twisted:

:lol: Be carefull now, where you spit! :lol: Or the NITs eat you alive :lol: