i just bought one to replace my dead liberty... i'm actually quite disappointed... i've never had the benefit of a SLM, so i didn't know what 21dB actually sounds like. until now...

the 380 isn't loud or anything... but it is definitely louder than my old fan-swapped liberty...

Hehe. RMA is exactly the reason why I left my S12II-430 unswapped. Certainly not (as) silent as I would've expected, but you get used to it. Impossible for me to notice it now, so S12II's should definitely be quiet enough. By the way, where does the swapped fan draw power from and how does it compa...

well... it looks like i'm SOL since i've voided my warranty by doing a fan swap (SPCR made me do it!!!) from enermax tech support You should send the unit back to us for service. There's no quick fix for the no PWR_OK signal. http://www.enermaxusa.com/rma.php hopefully my new PSU (seasonic S12II-380...

i'm pretty sure its intentional... the people who watched that movie as kids (like me) are now grown up engineers and eggheads of varying types (not like me).... i think its paying homage to the skynet in terminator. i think its pretty cool, and the makers are having a larf... at the older upper man...

Tried googling "atx power supply pwr_ok" yet? The findings suggest that it's a single wire outputting the signal, and that it's the PSU's self-diagnostic line that only has the 'OK' signal if "the +12 VDC, +5VDC, and +3.3VDC outputs are above the undervoltage thresholds." Not sure how the signal ge...

I would still suggest getting a PSU tester (get your parents to pay for that at least), if you ever need to test a PSU thats the way to do it, as it also tests the elusive -12v and -5v lines as well, which are often way off when tested on a volt meter alone. Andy i got the PSU tester and tested my ...

thanks for keeping up with me here... i know i posted a lot of stuff... but here's one more... i tried the old, short the green-black wire on the ATX connector trick... here are the results of the forced starts... - forced start PSU on my parent's motherboard resulted in the PSU firing up, but not P...

Bizarre indeed, would you have much of a use for a PSU tester in the future.? It could be the internal fuse in the PSU itself, lots of PSU's have them but not all of them. They are usually glass and 2-4mm wide and ~12mm long it could be that if your PSU is totally dead, and not just partially dead....

Well, your parents' PSU was the fit specimen. Survived whatever electrical fault it is their PC's mobo has, but your PSU didn't. That's how it sounds like anyway. Think you'll need a new PSU, they a new mobo and perhaps a separate VGA. Never trusted the integrated chips, never will. andyb says such...

it just keeps getting crazier and crazier... so now, it turns out that my parents' PSU is ABLE to run MY computer, but my original PSU is not... so i really don't get it anymore... my PSU somehow got damaged by plugging into my parents' motherboard, but my parents' PSU is still fine... so in summary...

I saw an emachine with a dead PSU, capacitor popped right off the circuit board, and the rest of them were bulging (failure not that far off). We replaced it with one of my spares and its fine. You know you're a geek when you have spare pc parts. :wink: Are your fans spinning? Make a bootable flopp...

thanks for the reply, andyb...

i just don't understand why MY PSU isn't working anymore though... could my parents' faulty motherboard somehow damage my PSU? it doesn't make sense...

my parents' computer froze last night so i've been trying to fix it this afternoon... they said that it froze, and when they turned it off, it wouldn't turn on again... i was pretty sure it wasn't a PSU problem, since if the PSU died, you probably wouldn't have a frozen image on the screen.. the com...

are you sure it has only been around 2 years? i'm pretty sure it's older than that... i used pandora for (what seems like...) years before they started actively blocking people... i used a bogus ZIP code in my profile (90210, hahaha)... it was GREAT. i actually found a lot of great artists on there ...

what's the point of the grille over the fan in the PSU chamber? i doubt anyone will be sticking fingers in there,

why not leave the molex on? it shouldn't create THAT much cable clutter... a little zip tie, or tape should keep the wires together...

what if you decide to go 5V in the future? i think it's a lot easier to do 5V with the molex plug than the 3-pin....

the only mod i've really made to the case is to cut the fan grilles off... i've never actually measured the expected increase in airflow/cooling from this mod, but intuition and anecdotal evidence suggests that it works, :P i've replaced the front door with the newer 3-ply (aluminum-plastic-aluminum...

Most distortion measurements are static measurements, while music can have a great many dynamic distortions. You can double or triple the capacity of an amp's power supply and gain tremendous sound improvements while the highly accurate Fluke meter registers zero change. It happens all the time. ye...

i think the point here is not that expensive cable (or other audiophile gadgetry) doesn't make a difference, but that often times there is no measureable difference. so obviously, an unshielded cable that is experiencing noise CAN be differentiated from a good cable both sonically, and electrically....

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/calling-bullshit/updated-journalist-accepts-1-million-challenge-do-7250-cables-sound-better-or-not-311034.php someone is finally taking the challenge to do a double blind listening test on ridiculously expensive audio cables... dan of dansdata.com is gonna love this one. $...

Tt:s ratings a bullsh** But I dont know about those sharkoons. But what I would do is to replace that 140mm fan with slow and quiet 120mm fan. I have done that in with my SuperFlower PSU. It worked well. I duct taped the fan on place cos I was lazy... u re probably right in both aspects. i m goin t...

the best solution is to never buy anything from ThermalTake... :lol: the only thing i can think of is a fan swap... you'll have to check the fan forum to see what kind of silent 140mm fans are out there.... as for safety issues, you can read the following thread on draining a PSU: http://forums.sile...

now that the loonie is doing so well, anyone know of any US retailers we can flex our monetary muscles at?

i know newegg.com doesn't ship to canada...

i got it from this guy on eBay... http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Kill-A-Watt-Electricity-usage-monitor-meter-P4400_W0QQitemZ320164642967QQihZ011QQcategoryZ50625QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem it worked out to be under $30 CAD at the time.... now that the canadian dollar is doing so well, it works out...

i need help from anyone who uses windows dynamic disks.... i installed a new disk in my file server last week and added to an existing volume using the "extend disk" function in windows... but it turns out there's something wrong with the disk. a bunch of error messages came up every few seconds: Th...

already done in canada:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_fun ... generation
apparently they haven't tried larger projects here due to the unkown impacts on the environment.

also two thumbs up over here...

when my P180 started getting that warped door problem, they sent me a new door double quick, AND sent a replacement side panel that had a broken plastic hook... no hassles. truly top notch....

Do you find that the hard drive clicks every five seconds or so? well... i've had this beast for 5 days now, and no, i don't have any clicking issues. you should really get that checked out. the hard disk is still really loud sometimes... sometimes it will be whirring away at full speed even though...

ncix.com had some issues with their stock tracking once... i bought a motherboard that was listed "in stock" but ended up waiting an extra few days for it to be restocked... but they were polite, owned up to their mistake, and i think i recall that they sent the item using a faster shipping than ori...

all the speed/bios options in NHC are greyed out... i can't seem to change anything...

anyone have experience with silencing this beast?