Looking at the state of BIOSes these days, you will be lucky to get one that works properly with current CPU's and chipsets, much less those in the future. More likely any board purchased today will ship with a dicey BIOS, go through a couple of fixes for obvious problems, then be abandoned when the...

Usually a good point in general for servers to have the halt on set to no errors.

Eliminates one factor if you are troubleshooting a no boot.

The Corsair branded unit also has a shorter chassis, which would be very nice to have. I was also under the impression that it has better cable sleeving and internal components, although I am not certain. Corsair is also willing to offer a 7 year warranty, which is also compelling. I just don't und...

I keep on looking at this thread, and finaly got around to testing my XFX 4830. In my setup, the card usually runs around 48-50C and fan speed is 67%. At this speed, it can barely be heard against the other fans. At about 60% it is inaudible. At 100%, it is really loud. Tested with my ear near the f...

Performance PC's has a "SATA-2-Molex Adapter" on their website:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/ ... s_id=20580

Case is closed. And hasn't been opened for 8 days while the computer has been running without problems :-) I don't have the necessary equipment, experience or steady hand that replacing the capacitors requires. But I found a local company that advertised this kind of service (http://www.bitmaster.f...

I use a Nexus LXM-8200 on mine. Essentially silent and keeps everything cool. It doesn't have a gigantic footprint either, but it is fairly tall.

I would recommend a bolt-through kit with this or any other big cooler.

I would go for a case with 2x120mm up front. It will always be easier to quiet without worying about airflow. I have some OCZ with heatpipes that come out the top (OCZ2RPR10664GK). It runs no problem at 400MHz on my GA-EP45-UD3L, which a similar board to yours. The memory runs quite cool with the ap...

all kinds of Yate-loon fans at Performance PCs:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/ ... =yate+loon

In 40 years (or less) England will be a predominantly Muslim nation, so I find it hilarious that the OP is complaining about bus advertisements.

Perhaps the efforts of the secularists should be directed elsewhere.

jessekopelman has a lot of good points, I'll add and reinforce some. Don't bother with a quad-core unless you have an application that can actually use it. DDR3 isn't really future proof, since, without doubt, the speeds will go up by the time you upgrade. DDR3 isn't really faster than DDR2 for Sock...

.... by the way..I compared diagrams from the mobo and case manuals, they share the same pin assignment--intel standard. :x Well that's my suggestion shot :) There I something else you can try, like unplugging the ground pin. I can't remember exactly, it's been a few years since I had to trouble-sh...

Well you have a 120mm right behind the CPU, so that should help. One annoyance was that there is a horizontal metal plate between the second and third (from the top) 5 1/4" bays that precludes the use of two bay devices that extend more than two inches or so into the bay. I couldn't find a way to re...

I have one. 1. Don't know, probably not necessary. The panels are pretty heavy. 2. Yes. 3. A lot easier to quiet than my old Coolermaster ATC-110, primarily because of the 120mm fans versus 92mm. I don't know what you are planning to run inside, but I have set mine up with a Nexus LXM-8200, 2xNexus ...

.... All the HTPC cases I have looked at are at least 43cm wide, with side fans or vents that suggest they need a bit more room than I have in the rack... So the rack is enclosed so you are woried about ventilation space? If not for that, you can actually fit some pretty big cases in there. Silvers...

Looks like I dodged a bullet. I installed a new 4830 today but went with the 8.12 instead of the 9.1's.

There is an article on Xbit labs today that concentrates on the video, but does make some comments on the CPU:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/

Zalman has a quiet fan? Every single Zalman fan I've ever heard, whether case fan or mounted to a heatsink has been horrible for buzzing. It'd be interesting to see a decent review of these compared to the current crop of quiet fans. I agree. I haven't had any luck with Zalman, I think their tester...

I do it all the time when tweaking - including the motherboard ones.

I have an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe and used it in my HTPC with my Seasonic S12-330 for years, and I've never had a problem with WOL. Yes, my older Seagate works as well. I think I will put together a proper test system in the next little while and get to the bottom of this. In the meantime, I will have ...

Performance PC's has all kinds of Socket 370 Coolers, including some Zalmans:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/ ... 368d3ecbb5

I have a media server that I have set up to Wake on Lan. All other variables kept the same, the sytem will not wake on lan with either my SeaSonic M12II SS-430GM or SS-300ES. The sytem will wake up with a Seasonic Super Tornado 400 or PC Power & Cooling Silencer 400. System is: Asus A7N8X AMD Athlon...

.... ....however they say it is not really silent & can make quite a bit of noise under load..... I have an older Silencer 400 and it wasn't quiet. I replaced the fan with a Nexus. .... ....Did PC P&C quality drop after OCZ bought them.... Zippy was the original OEM of the Silencers, and is an exce...

Just found this store in Toronto, Ontario that sells Sorbothane sheets so for mounting fans or hard drives, Ergotech According to them the cost of a "1/8 x 12 x 12, 50 Duro's is $19.95 plus freight and applicable taxes." Ergotech Protective Devices Inc. 250 Ferrier St., Suite "B" Markham, Ontario L...

I'll miss Abit. Only used them once, for my latest machine, but.. Superb board. Time to look for cheap Abit boards on sale.. I fancy an IX48. Did they actually release that board? I know there were some samples, but I never actually saw a production board. edit - I just did a search and found it fo...

So does that mean that if a negative pressure is used that dust will increase. I imagine that in a negative pressure system that air will be forced through every little crack that is not an exhaust fan or filtered intake. Negitive air pressure will pull air through every nook & cranny in the system...

They lost a lot of ground with the exploding capacitors and never really recovered their full status after that.

Despite that, my current build is my first ever that didn't at least start with as Abit board.

Look for a case with 2x120mm blowing in the front and 1x120mm in the back sucking out. If its not too much trouble, do you have any recommendations? My case + PSU budget is $200. The 6580 which I mentioned in the above post has a 120mm in the back, and slots for 2x 92mm fans in the front. The Antec...

[quote="Nick Geraedts....(the requirement for Office 2000 is one of them, however much it confuses me that a company still hasn't updated from Office 2000 - but that's another matter altogether).[/quote]

Me too

At least I have been able to put my copy of Lotus Smartsuite away.

I hated the look and feel and sluggishness of Vista but persisted.

The straw that broke the camels back was that Office 2000, which I require for maximum compatibility with my corporate clients, would update automatically using Office Update on XP, but Vista required manual updating.