The SMART function in Speedfan is known to give bogus results. It is a nice program but if you want to know your drive SMART statistics look somewhere else.

I cannot agree more with you.

I bought a black Sony DDU-1621 2 month back. And i am really pleased with it. You can hardly hear it. I had to check to see that i was actually working

So anyone looking for a new DVD drive, you cannot go wrong with this baby!

It seems only the new Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 will support AAM.

Hitachi Introduces a new drive the deskstar 7k250 Main Features: - 250 / 160 / 120 / 80 / 40 GB size - P-ATA/S-ATA - Fluid dynamic bearing motors - 2 MB/ 8 MB Cache (8MB model has 3 yr warr.) - 7200 rpm Expected to be shipping End of June. Let's hope Hitachi has also tried to make it more silent. Bu...

The deltatronic looks slightly different if you ask me.

I am still wondering if you can make such an enclore yourself. I haven't found the propper heatsink yet otherwise i am definetly going to try it.

Here is their translation: Level HDD SHELL 45,00 € Innovative harddrive noise insulator! Full aluminum heatsink body which guarantees good heat output and insulates noise effectively. HDD resonation can´t transfer to the computer case due to a clever attaching method. CAUTION, only for standard size...

Why didn't you click on the english flag on the left instead of translating it?

copying and pasting is much easier

My little APC 2200 Rackmount also has a fan. But it only spins when the power fails.

I haven't heart mine spinning up yet. I am using it for 3 weeks now.

Why not buy the PF version and replace the fan with a Papst one?

Let me know what your experiences are...

Yeah i was having having troubles finding silent speakers as well, it turned out my old ones had a volume nob

Unconnect the black wire from the plug. Then solder it on +5V.

I have no idea if it is on a plug or soldered. I never dared buying one. But considering it is so cheapo it will probably be soldered

rant I still don't understand why people buy Qtec PSU's. They are just utter crap. I have heart of so many people with troubles. And i must say i am not surprised. The prices these PSU's are sold for are just so low it must be made of B quality components. /rant If you want to run it on 7 Volt conne...

Isn't this basically the same topic?

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=4522

I am very intressed. I just blew up my home made controller. No serious injury just a burned finger

But i am wondering if there is any decent pre-made controller out-there.

It seems the EU is the sole distribution market for Papst. For US it is the otherway around, it is Panaflo all the way.

I haven't found any Panaflo in Europe as of yet. So i recently purchased some from the US.

I am not sure if this will work very well. Your contact area is very small. And you are counting on the heat to dispensate through the sides of the harddisks. Then the heat has to go through two barriers. First the gap between the drive and the bracket. After that from the bracket to the heatsink. B...

I recommend checking the www.2CPU.com forum.

Just do a search there.

For instance this thread: http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s ... +connector

But i am sure there are a lot more.

Let me guess it is a Tiger MP?

It is a very common issue with this Mainboard. I am not sure if Tyan offers any warranty on this. I would ask if i were you. They have very good tech support. Maybe they are willing to do the repairs.

Thanks, that's the one i am looking for

Hi,
A couple of weeks ago there was a link to an article about adding a Alpha Z heatsink to an ATI Radeon. They build a aluminium duct with it aswell.

I searched the whole site but i cannot find it anymore

Does anyone have it for me?

Katana Man wrote:Where did you order from?

A store in the Netherlands (thats in Europe for the geo-n00bs )

They removed it from their website altogether. It is going to be hard to get one i guess

Maybe i can get a Aopen one through a collegue.

I'll keep you posted...

elitezoid wrote:Currently have a Samsung SD-612F DVD-ROM which is silent during DVD playback.

Most DVD drives are pretty silent when they play in DVD mode. The CD mode is on average 3x as loud.

I ordered the Aopen 350 Watt one. But the idiots send me the wrong PSU all together. I got a Fotron FS350-60BTN which is equipt with a 80 mm fan

So i wasn't to happy. I have to send it back now. Hopefully they will send me the correct one.

Aopen will be shipping these PSU as well.

As you can see here:
http://www.aopen.nl/products/power/fsp300-60PN.htm

and here:
http://www.aopen.nl/products/power/fsp350-60PN.htm

So availabilty will become better. Especially for people in Europe