....aaand just got a BSOD saying "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" among other things while copying files.

I'm tempted to cut my losses and fork out for another drive but, without any guarantee that I won't have the same problem, I'm a little hesitant.

OK - done the low level format and the drive showed no errors in powermax. So I created my partitions again and formatted, started copying my MP3s back over and hey presto, the system hangs after a short while, the HD light stays lit and, although the mouse moves etc, anything that appears to involv...

OK, the fanless thing isn't working out - perhaps if I'd gone for the 120mm HS rather than the 92mm it could have worked but there you go. It only takes a very little airflow to keep things in check so it's no great problem.

Not dissimilar from how I set up my drives - only I go a bit wild with the partitioning! - not sure if it's necessary but I set up a windows-only boot partition, a scratch partition, a work files partition and a music & video 'play' partition. The idea of the scratch partition was that it would cut ...

Got a snipe on an ebay auction for a copy

Thanks for the advice. I'm actually using win2k which has served me well in the past but I'll try the same procedure. I've currently got a windows installation on an old PATA drive so I can set up the SATA drive to be the boot again and, if all goes wrong, I can just swap drives and all the s/w is t...

Speedfan showed the temps always in the 35 to 39 degree range so I don't think it's overheating. Noise was higher than the seagates but not notably ominous.

Low-level format my HD using PowerMax? All data is backed up, or will be shortly. It's a Diamondmax10 and I've had a lot of trouble with files going corrupt (most notably windows components!). The store attributed this to the fact that I was using it as a boot disk on a PCI SATA controller which the...

Richard Evans - Dealing With The Hard Times

CPU percentage is currently at 80% though it was at 100% and didn't make an impact on CnQ. Like I say - If it'll let me run without a fan, I'll probably stick with it the way it is - perhaps tweak it a little up as I'm sure the core temp can handle being a little higher than 39 degrees!

If you're planning an upgrade, I suggest simply replacing the fan on the HS with a quieter model in the interim and getting your Ninja or whatever at the same time as you get the rest - that way, you get the rather pleasing effect of more new stuff all arriving at once

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Yep - PSU has a 120mm fan which the HS half overlaps and then the 120mm tri-cool on it's lowest setting. Currently, with f@h running, Speedfan sees nothing above 40 degrees. The core temp shows as 34 degrees. Couldn't tell you exactly what the ambient temp is but it is quite cool at the moment. The ...

OK, given that CnQ seems to be letting me go passive on a NH-U9 HS (browsing the web and manipulating a scanned image in photoshop, my core temp is at 33C) I think I'll live with the lower folding performance.

So thanks to all who replied in the last thread I have narrowed (after much deliberation and many headaches) a few pieces of hardware. Here are the components that are finalized but I do have a few more decisions that I need opinions on. VID CARD-> ATI 100-714800 All-In-Wonder Radeon X1900 256MB GD...

As an afterthought, it may be a good thing that the HSF orientation worked out the way it did as this appears to be drawing cool air directly over the Nforce HS.

At some point this week, I'm going to try this thing fanless - will report back findings

autoboy wrote:Cool and quiet is not capping my system to 1Ghz when folding. I wonder what is going on?

Just to clarify, it is still letting the CPU ramp up when needed - just that f@h isn't making it do this.

Maybe this is the reason? http://folding.stanford.edu/faq.html#run.corepriority Why does adjusting the core process priority via the task manager not affect its performance? How do I manually adjust the priority of the Folding@home core? Currently when users try to change the priority of the core v...

Took me bloody ages to realise that the reason I've not noticed any folding performance increase in the move from XP2100 to Sempron 3200 is that Cool n Quiet seems to be capping the CPU at 1Ghz when I'm not doing much else. Anyone know if there's a way for F@H to appear on CnQ's radar, as it were? I...

OK - partitions back now thanks to Partition Table Doctor. That was a VERY nasty moment. Lets hope I don't end up there again. Right, experience from the build, then: * It was a revelation working with a properly designed case - everything fits where it should and the assembly was a piece of cake. P...

Thanks

Have just assembled the thing only to find my drive partitions keep disappearing without obvious reason...

Delivery van just arrived - All parts present and correct.

Wish me luck - I'm going in!

Yeah, I won't be using any new applications that I'm not already using on 2k - just wondered about windows compatability with the Sempron 64.

Sounds like I'm alright on that front.

OK this may be a monumentally dumb question but....

Will I need to obtain a '64 edition' version of Windows to run here or will my trusty Win2k be OK?

the nicest computer possible

Nothing to do with speed or silence though - It's just that the nicest thing a PC could do would be to make me coffee in the morning.

Can you envision a scenario when I might need more than 2GB of RAM for an office machine or even if I eventually use it for an HTPC? Like I said, I might upgrade to dual-core once 65nm K8L comes out, but I plan to stay with Windows XP. Even 2 GB seems overkill for those tasks but it's always nice t...

it's not worth buying 2 x 512 MB and later on getting 2 x 1024 MB instead, that's just a waste of money. I'd rather be "bandwidth crippled" in a couple of months and then getting another stick. Only the case if you are limited to 2 slots surely? Otherwise you could just buy another 2 x 512. I don't...

You may have thought of this already but I was advised to buy my RAM as a matched pair rather than a single stick for my AM2 build - Apparently this will improve performance.

Oh and thanks for bringing up the matter of CnQ on Semprons - I would have got a 3000 were it not for this thread!

Lau - Wedding Jig

Great for anyone who fancies a bit of lively scottish folk. You can download it from their website via the link below:

http://www.lau-music.co.uk/music/index.html

Hinba is also very good.