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- Tue May 30, 2006 8:26 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Quiet living room music server mATX PC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6524
Thanks for the comments eveyone. tay -- if I were deciding today, I'd probably go with FLAC. But IMO its only been recently that support for it (esp portable players, PDAs) has really reached a good, usable level. (My vague impression is that Monkey's audio isn't at that level yet.) Kraig -- no, its...
- Mon May 29, 2006 6:50 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Quiet living room music server mATX PC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6524
More detail on the HD suspension is now on page 7 of the suspension gallery thread.
- Mon May 29, 2006 5:50 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: HDD Elastic Suspension... Show your pics!
- Replies: 447
- Views: 1180093
I'm not sure if this is a new twist or not, since so many of the old photos are in the bit bucket. But its so simple I'd have no trouble believing its been done. I needed to suspend my drive for several reasons, prime amongst them that the EAR grommets weren't cutting it. So I visited my local Micha...
- Sun May 28, 2006 7:52 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Quiet living room music server mATX PC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6524
Quiet living room music server mATX PC
Its been a mere year and a half since I started this thing (!), but I can finally say that at least the hardware is done. For now. Here it is up and running: http://static.flickr.com/77/155177344_952a8ffec1.jpg and here are the insides: http://static.flickr.com/53/155162677_f4ebb3daa5.jpg . What's t...
- Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:45 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Botched SFX PSU fan swap
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5529
Good thought, IsaacKuo. But its the back of a tiny vertical "riser" board (barely visible in the photo link in the OP). Parallel to the back of that riser is a thin sheet of plastic, I'm sure included as insulation against the board touching the rail. I did consider which side to solder to -- the ba...
- Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:34 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Botched SFX PSU fan swap
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5529
This just in: more stink. I soldered the tips of those pins to the back of the board, leaving some respectable-looking cones of solder. Neither of them touch any other metal as far as I can see. Feeling confident, I hooked everything up, powered on, the fan spun for ~1 sec, but then died: no boot . ...
- Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:08 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Help find mATX HTPC case
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13303
- Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:23 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Help find mATX HTPC case
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13303
- Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:00 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Botched SFX PSU fan swap
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5529
Thanks for the tips. IsaacKuo, you had it right. I removed the pins and got it to boot. I'm tempted to run it at 5V... Still I'd like to get those pins soldered so I at least have the option of letting the PSU ramp it up (e.g. in summer)... m0002a, I like your wire splicing but when I did my hack jo...
- Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:25 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec MINUET 300
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5852
aidanjm2004 -- I considered the Minuet too. I didn't end up going with it but I guess for your purposes it could work. Any idea what size fan(s) the PSU has (no obvious answer on Antec's site)? If its 60mm, that's a concern, but maybe not a showstopper for you. There's a good chance you'd want to sw...
- Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:38 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Botched SFX PSU fan swap
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5529
Botched SFX PSU fan swap
Drat! You know that trade off between prudence and expedience? I have come out on the wrong end this time! :o I just picked up a Seasonic SS-250SVP . Naturally, with the stock fan, it was still too loud. So I went for the fan swap . Here's a photo of the guts of the Seasonic. Note that the fan heade...
- Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:42 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Spire SP205 -- a stealth rheostat?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4439
A ha. Its interesting that its possible to make a switching circuit like a boost converter that I guess doesn't cause noise problems (clicking, throbbing, etc) with fans whereas PWM also uses switching and usually does. I'll take a stab at this... Its because with PWM, the current that the fan sees ...
- Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:07 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Spire SP205 -- a stealth rheostat?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4439
Felger Carbon said "variable switching power supplies (in effect linear)". Out of newbie curiosity, does this mean * Switched-mode power supply * Linear regulator parts thereof, or something else entirely? And for bonus points, all else equal, which throws off more heat, a rheostat, a (typical) PWM,...
- Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:57 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Spire SP205 -- a stealth rheostat?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4439
- Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:07 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Spire SP205 -- a stealth rheostat?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4439
Spire SP205 -- a stealth rheostat?
I've been checking out smiple fan controllers and came across this little number from Spire: http://www.spirecoolers.com/Acc.asp?ProdID=92 Anyone have any experience with it? Anyone know if its a rheostat (or should I say rheobus)? My gut is that its so small and so cheap that there's no way its dre...
- Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:17 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Help find mATX HTPC case
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13303
I gave a thumbs up to the Venus in an earlier post: http://www.forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?p=176478&highlight=&sid=714eb4242ed4483bf0d1c1fb09a47671 (Its been awhile but my hiatus is over!) A bit more detail for you: I've got a full-height wifi PCI card, a Samsung 160 GB 3.5" HD and above...
- Thu May 05, 2005 9:05 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Any MATX case interest? & Newbie case advice?
- Replies: 74
- Views: 47669
I have the Enermax CS 10068 and can recommend it. I'm building a music (not video) oriented AV box for the entertainment center. Some of its components: * Soyo P4RC350 mobo -- got it mainly for the S-Video out. Downside is that getting the proprietary ATI Linux drivers to work with the TV has been a...
- Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:21 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Undervoltable Motherboards: ADD to the list!!
- Replies: 313
- Views: 404167
Soyo P4RC350 - not undervoltable
http://www.soyo.com.tw/products/proddesc.php?id=295
I have one. The BIOS reports the Vcore, but its not settable.
I have one. The BIOS reports the Vcore, but its not settable.
- Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:15 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: No thermal sensors - adventurous or stupid?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4684
Thanks for the responses. m0002a, I hear you on CPUBurn -- I was thinking of it only as the upper limit, betting that I can cool the CPU even under that condition and so would be in even safer territory under normal conditions. However, your (idle + 5 C) rule of thumb sounds reasonable and will be u...
- Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:28 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: No thermal sensors - adventurous or stupid?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4684
No thermal sensors - adventurous or stupid?
Hey everyone -- I'm building a quiet Linux microATX system, mainly as a jukebox of our CDs... The components relevant to this thread: * Soyo P4RC350 mobo ( http://www.soyo.com.tw/products/proddesc.php?id=295 ) * Celeron 2.0 GHz Northwood * Thermalright XP90 + Nexus 90mm I chose that mobo for its onb...