Hmm. My vote goes to a 232 MB Maxtor RLL drive, which I bought in the early 90s. I forget the model but it had eight platters and used up two 5" drive bays. It had a pleasant low-growling sound that made the computer sound very powerful. I could feel the seek vibration in the soles of my feet from a...

JPS wrote:So far all I can find are the Radeon 9200 series. What else is out there?

I've got a Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro ultimate edition. Fast, fanless, and hot enough to fry eggs on.

I don't know if you can treat a fan as a simple resistive load but, assuming you can and that I didn't make any mistakes, a quick calculation based on the power ratings of each fan at 12V gives the following: Fan Resistance (ohm) Voltage(V) Current (mA) Power(mW) NMB 100 6.95 70 483 Papst 115 6.00 5...

Did you measure the current through the fans? Just a thought but maybe the circuit is adjusting fan current in proportion with the output? That would certainly explain a few things...

Hmm, not quite sure how that contradicts anything said here? The claim that PFC reduces efficiency is interesting but hardly surprising, as PFC introduces additional circuitry to the PSU. As ever, efficiency is the figure to look at when buying a PSU. The power factor is fairly uninteresting.

I have 2 front 80mm fans, I moved one of them (top one) up so that it is at the same height of the rear 120 mm exhaust fan, it also blow fresh air at the cpu heat sink as I mount the fan inside a 3.5" cage and enclosed the cage to use the cage as a duct. I have similar experience with my Sonata. I ...

Fridge cooling idea seems strange, but keep in mind, all new inventions or innovations all look strange in their first appearances, the history has proved that. It's actually not a very new idea, though. Here's a couple examples from overclockers.com, with pictures: http://www.overclockers.com/tips...

OK I'll stop. I get your point, and if I had a point I'm sure you got it too :-) Heh, actually I was just teasing Abacusbbb. I have to admit his exuberant approach to silencing has a certain coolness factor to it. I'm just a little bit jealous. :D Back on topic, I'd be worried about condensation fr...

lenny wrote:How loud is the power station supplying electricity to your computer?

Well, funny you should ask. As it happens, it is completely water cooled. Can you imagine that some people actually prefer a grid of these monsters?

Winston wrote:you have no problems at all, except maybe distance to the kitchen!

That's a huge drawback! You have to get up in order to get another beer!

Nonononono.... Your fridge has to work a little harder because it now has to cool your PC in addition to your groceries, so the compressor is growling more often.

We have rules here, you know...

My Seasonic 300FT has fan noise issues. It's all documented in the thread
Less than pleased with Seasonic Tornado (second revision).

I put my fridge in my kitchen, and my PC in my study room. everyone has their fridge in their kitchen, right? you won't put a fridge in your study room or bed room, will you? :lol: Hah, that's cheating. I bet your fridge is now the loudest component of your system. Doesn't matter if it's in the oth...

ABAQUS888 wrote:How do you guys think? huh?

How loud is your fridge?

I know it does alot less wattage then a P4 3.0GHz, and I just read some threads where people were running 3.0 systems on high quality 300w psu's like the seasonic super tornado Average power consumption may be less than a P4 but according to AMD specs the peak power draw is higher. The thermal desi...

In fact: if you look at pictures from the review here, on this page , you can see the sensor I'm referring to. Fourth photo down the page, screwed to the heatsink just behind the green capacitor. Hmm, could be a case of mis-identification for me, then. I didn't realize there is a thermistor under t...

Another problem rears it's head though - how do I get the 120mm fan back on! I need something to pull the bards back through the screw holes! :lol: I got a spare set of rubber fan mounts with my Sonata, presumably to attach the optional front fan. You might find those easier to use, since the rear ...

nutball -- Your thermistor was screwed to the heat sink? Mine's not. It's nestled between the transformer coil, a large capacitor, and two mosfets, but touching none of these. The PSU is as loud as wumpus's, so I would guess reversing the fan is what made the difference for you. EDIT: Having reverse...

RaynorWolfcastle -- I happen have an Abit IS7-E. I'm running at 270 FSB 5:4 mem divider and my machine is pretty quiet. Rather than take out the NB fan I just use speedfan to run it at 40% duty cycle. At ~2500 rpm it becomes practically inaudible. Never had any stability problems. I've even stopped ...

So no overcurrent protection for the fan only connectors. Disappointing really.

Sounds like the CPU voltage regulator on the motherboard is faulty or suffering from heat problems. As Ralf pointed out, a 0.2V drop in vcore is not normal even under maximum load. Intel specs say that a drop of 0.1V is typical (with good mobos you see maybe 0.05V) and that the minimum acceptable vo...

Try upping the RAM voltage to 2.8V. The 865PE chipset can be really picky about RAM, especially in dual channel mode.

Hasw wrote:@Inexplicable: Have you searched for this device on the board? It can be far away from the voltage controller.

I've been trying but I guess I'd have to take the mobo out to get a really good look. This is my main rig, soI'been avoiding taking it apart.

Ralf Hutter wrote:Ya got 7 black wires, 3 or 4 red wires and 3 orange wires...

Cut the blue wire! Cut the blue wire!

Errm, yeah. Label the wires. All you need is white painters tape and a pencil.

I see the SPDs as well but I've got the following at device address 0x44. Byte #3 changes when I change the vcore in BIOS. Based on the few safe voltages I can use, the register seems to correspond to the 6-bit input signal accepted by the Intersil chip, assuming a constant 0.375V offset to the outp...

Hasw -- Yeah, I've been eyeballing the mobo, all right. Vcore on Abit IS7 is regulated using Intercil's ISL6556B. I've got the datasheet but the problem is the chip doesn't have an i2c interface. Presumably there's an additional chip that implements it but so far I've been unable to locate it on the...

The problem with tiny NB fans are that you go crazy with them real soon and want to rip them out. The easiest time to take them out and replace with a passive cooler is before installing the motherboard. That usually means you want to void the warranty of your motherboard before even mounting it in...

Joe DeFuria wrote:...when the 5800 came out, I made a little JPG of my own for this card...

But I guess she was quite used to screaming fans.

Hasw -- a couple of questions for you... Do you still make the source code available? I found an old version on freshmeat but nothing since. I'm interested in writing a similar Linux utility for the Abit IS7 series. Or rather, I'm interested in making a daemon that adjusts vcore and FSB automaticall...

I don't know about you guys, but since the days of 600MHz CPUs I haven't been able to discern the individual clock ticks any more. 600 million ticks per second seems to be about the limit of my hearing. My 2.4GHZ and 3.0GHz CPUs just make an undifferentiated hum to my ears. Can anyone here actually...