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- Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:04 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dell U3011 has a hum
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7735
Re: Dell U3011 has a hum
The problem was temporarily solved by a suggestion from Voctnik and Flemister in that I simply lower the brightness in Catalyst, the driver software, and left the hardware brightness setting at 100%. I guess Catalyst no longer controls it or something because after the last couple of "updates" to Ca...
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:07 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dell U3011 has a hum
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7735
Re: Dell U3011 has a hum
It turns out 100% is just too bright for me. I leave it at about 40% and have just resigned myself to the fact that the monitor is the loudest part of my computer.
- Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:55 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dell U3011 has a hum
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7735
Re: Dell U3011 has a hum
Thank you Voctnik! Thank you Flemister! It worked perfectly. I set the monitor to 100% brightness and then found the brightness setting in Catalyst, the video driver/control software and cut it to 50%. The monitor looks great and has no hum. Yaay!
- Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:39 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dell U3011 has a hum
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7735
Re: Dell U3011 has a hum
I see. Thanks Voctnik and thanks Flemister! I'll give it a try. I have a 2711 as well. It is great and has no hum.
I have already gotten a replacement from Dell and it hummed too so I sent it back.
I have already gotten a replacement from Dell and it hummed too so I sent it back.
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:04 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dell U3011 has a hum
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7735
Re: Dell U3011 has a hum
The color is perfect. The problem is the hum.
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:17 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dell U3011 has a hum
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7735
Dell U3011 has a hum
I bought a Dell U3011 30" monitor that was the highest rated monitor in several reviews. It has a very slight hum. Like most long time SPCR followers I have spent several years meticulously picking the components in my computer until now it is extremely quiet. You know the drill - fanless power supp...
- Tue May 15, 2012 4:23 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Nofan CR-95C IcePipe 95W Fanless CPU Cooler
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7026
- Sat Aug 20, 2011 5:38 am
- Forum: SPCR Announcements
- Topic: Re: Mike's final sign-off - POSTPONED
- Replies: 70
- Views: 145096
Re: Mike's final sign-off
Mike, I'm sorry to be so slow in responding to your announcement. I've been checking for new articles every day and finally decided to read the announcement page. I'm sorry to see you go, but I know your considerable talents could be better compensated through some other endeavor. So, I understand. ...
- Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:45 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Lian Li PC-B25S Mid-tower Aluminum Case
- Replies: 28
- Views: 30915
Re: Lian Li PC-B25S Mid-tower Aluminum Case
Well Mike, you gave Lian a road map. Let's see what they do with it!
- Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:59 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
- Replies: 142
- Views: 191258
Kontera
I only use a browser equipped with Ad Blocker on sites with pop-up ads, like Kontera. Unfortunately my favorite site, www.silentpcreview.com, uses Kontera pop-ups.
- Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:44 pm
- Forum: Consumer Advocacy
- Topic: SilverStone ST30NF / Etasis EFN-300 Fanless PSU Users Poll
- Replies: 47
- Views: 112431
- Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:51 pm
- Forum: Consumer Advocacy
- Topic: SilverStone ST30NF / Etasis EFN-300 Fanless PSU Users Poll
- Replies: 47
- Views: 112431
The best power supply I've found
I held off three months on posting figuring surely this fanless thing can't possibly work. Well, it does. Mine has been on 24/7 for three months and it is still working perfectly. Unless something changes, it is my power supply of choice for any computer within its wattage rating. Absolutely silent....
- Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:15 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless or S12?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6532
fanless
My usage is similar to yours. I have both the 430 watt Seasonic and the fanless Silverstone. They both work perfectly but I like the Silverstone. Absolutely silent.
- Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:59 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 2.5" vs. 3.5"
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11906
remotely mounted!!
I think we are missing an important part of his post. I'm as huge a fan as there is of 2.5 drives but he said, " (I'll have my storage drive mounted remotely via 1Gbps LAN)?"
If his storage drive is remotely mounted then he might as well get the 3.5" drive for the added performance.
If his storage drive is remotely mounted then he might as well get the 3.5" drive for the added performance.
- Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:11 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Need PSU recommendation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2534
Seasonic 430...et.al.
I have the Seasonic 430 watt and it is extremely quiet. As they get more powerful they get louder. I have pulled two 500 watt Seasonics for the racket. (ok, the relative racket!) Take a serious look at Silverstone ST30NF. It is absolutely silent. Unless you need more power than it can cough up, it i...
- Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:14 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Enclosure for 2.5" drives?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12317
Drive A Way
I have two computers, each with Momentus 160 G drives in Nexus Drive A Way enclosures and you have to have your ear within three inches to hear them. It is a really, really, quiet solution. In my quietest computer, I have a fanless power supply and two undervolted 120 mm Nexus fans and I have never ...
- Wed May 16, 2007 7:38 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: The silent future is 2.5" wide.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 49206
The 2.5 inch wide future is enclosed...
I had already replaced my fans with Nexus 120 mm, my heat sink with a Ninja, my Power supply with a Seasonic and I was at the point where the noisiest thing left was my hard drive. In response to Mike's advice in his article and this thread, I replaced my Seagate Barracuda with a 160 G Momentus 2.5"...