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by pyrrhon
Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:21 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD HD 6900 series launch & reviews
Replies: 8
Views: 7820

Re: AMD HD 6900 series launch & reviews

third party coolers on these ?
by pyrrhon
Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:44 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Apple Time Capsule loud noise (any idea to make it quiet ?)
Replies: 8
Views: 7914

I thought the advantage of the time capsule was that it could be squired away in a closet so you couldn't hear it? :) lol, you beat me again :D Well not exactly, this one I could think of and did before going to bed. Apple products arent suposed to be trouble free anyway? Its in a wooden closet rig...
by pyrrhon
Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:25 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Apple Time Capsule loud noise (any idea to make it quiet ?)
Replies: 8
Views: 7914

sound like it could be as simple as a bad fan bearing.with bottom off and with the fan on and turn the base to see if that effects the noise. fyi the harddrive will run fine on edge. Hey, thanks... It makes so much sense :idea: but I could not think of it myself! :oops: I'll check this evening and ...
by pyrrhon
Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:08 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Apple Time Capsule loud noise (any idea to make it quiet ?)
Replies: 8
Views: 7914

I just found something about replacing the HDD with a wd greenpower. But Im still not convinced the hard drive makes that much noise at iddle, could be the fan but I will put the link for you:

http://www.hardmac.com/articles/79/
by pyrrhon
Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:54 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Apple Time Capsule loud noise (any idea to make it quiet ?)
Replies: 8
Views: 7914

Apple Time Capsule loud noise (any idea to make it quiet ?)

I have a apple time capsule and want to know how to make it quiet. (Im not returning it so dont waist our time) I know that its not noisy all the time, its either very quiet or very noisy without in betweens. Its not related to seek noise because its been noisy without any user activity or computer ...
by pyrrhon
Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:43 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: First new build in 8 years
Replies: 27
Views: 10008

Just wanted to say that the m-audio 2496 did not provide vista drivers last fall and I sold mine at that time. I would look at the asus xonar d2 if youre into music or movies.
by pyrrhon
Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:23 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: noob about to build an antec solo will it fit?
Replies: 7
Views: 4268

Re: noob about to build an antec solo will it fit?

Graphic Gigabyte GeForce 9600GT Arctic Cooling Accelero S2 Passive VGA Cooler Any reason to use the S2 versus S1? The latter will fit and will keep your 9600GT that much cooler (a good thing) and should only be about 4 Euros more. -D Well I first wanted 8800gt and S1 but in Canada the S1 is out of ...
by pyrrhon
Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:03 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: noob about to build an antec solo will it fit?
Replies: 7
Views: 4268

1) Yes you can fit those parts into a Solo. A lot of people on these forums have simular builds. 2) A little harder to answer. You might want to consider replacing the Seagate drives with Samsung or WD. I have Seagate drives myself and they are the noisiest parts in my computer even though I have p...
by pyrrhon
Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:38 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: noob about to build an antec solo will it fit?
Replies: 7
Views: 4268

noob about to build an antec solo will it fit?

[my first post here, sorry for bad english im french] Hi everyone and first of all thanks a lot for all informations. I have spent a lot of time reading this forum for the last 2 weeks and have gathered some advise to build a 'silent' computer. This will run 24h and my girlfriend spend much time abo...