i know i am replying to an old thread i bump this thread for the valuable information here about the coding of the model number. i think the most important information we need from a harddisk is the number of disks (or platters, or heads for that matter). usually you get this information only by dig...

i would decouple the leaf blower. that would definitely help reduce the vibration

i have an ati radeon 9000 aiw. ripped of the hsf and put on a zalman nb32j. it works fine.

i like flat key keyboards with full layout. what i don't like are the windows keys and the extra keys. at least they look like extra keys on the top row. why can't they just make flat key keyboards without any extras :| are there highres pictures of that keyboard anywhere? i searched around but all ...

i think that harddrives may be mounted on any orientation as long as it is horizontal or vertical, doesn't matter which sides up or down. but they should not NOT be mounted on any angle in between. i think the gyroscopic effect of the spinning disks is a good explanation for this. check the video he...

sometimeswarrior already said it all

here are some articles with nifty pictures
http://www.gideontech.com/guides/psu_powerup/
http://modtown.co.uk/mt/article2.php?id=psumod

also check this thread. about psus not running without load
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=5376

before i learned of the green black wire trick i often used cpuless mobos to start an atx psu

i think it is rather your work on the psu which is to blame for your psu bang.

is the mobo still working?

trip what makes you so sure that it is quiet? looks more like a normal keyboard with wood instead of plastic.

here is a list of about every data recovery tool there are. http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinME/Q_20646525.html (yuck they have a new interface and now the page looks like crap) (look for "Accepted Answer from CrazyOne") i can recommend getdataback as i have used it once succesfu...

dirkvader tested to steel and the aluminium chieftec case http://www.dirkvader.de/frame.php?site=http://www.dirkvader.de/page/chieftec.html dirkvader is a silent authoritah in the german hardware scene the result was, in matter of cooling properties and sound, the aluminium case and steel case are i...

rusty you are absolutely correct, but... okay not buts this time ;) what i missed to notice was that the air in the attic is already cold, and is therefore only as humid as that temperature allows. while the air entering the case gets warmer it does not get more humid, so it can't give of any humidi...

@rusty you are correct about the theory but... when you pour hot tea in a glass (not preheated), notice the condensation on the inside of the glass (on the part which isn't submerged of course). when the air in the case is hot, and the case itself is cold (because the air surrounding the case is col...

but the black one will also cause higher system temps because it is absorbing so much light

@Cosine i really don't want to be smart alec but your choice for subject name is... poor to say the least

"he chose... poorly"
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watch out for dust coming in through the opening. if i'm not completely mistaken then you have a lianli casing. and lianli casings usually have those two fans in the front blowing fresh air straight across the hd mount. why not mount your hd there? you could also mount the hd normally in the floppy ...

no probs. based on your description it is the 9000 fault in one way or another. although the chances for scraping a piece off from the die with the card still working are very unlikely think about those broken corners from the athlon dies.

are you sure that it is a hardware problem? having "problem playing certain formats of video" doesn't sound like a hardware fault to me. it is rather a driver/codec fault. are you sure you have the right codecs (divx, xvid, ogg/ogm, wmv, mov, rm) to play those videos? have you tried playing those vi...

thanks, at least some people took their time to read my post through :`) i'm glad to report that i have solved both problems, tv tuner is working again and noise on tv is gone. the culprit for the tv tuner problem was directx 9.0b. apparently dx90b has a bug (or feature as microsoft likes to call th...

be sure to put an old credit card between graphic card and screwdriver. otherwise the twisting will scratch some new traces in your graphic card, and you certainly don't want that, although the card would then be really silent, DEAD silent ;) i have recently popped off a glued on heatsink from a rad...

what i have got here is a complicated story which involves two radeon all in wonders, couple of pcs, one zalman nb32j, hours of troubleshooting and one rain dance. warning this is a long post. i tried to put in much detail and background info which i though relevant. please read carefully and toroug...

thanks for the comments :) the photo was made with a digicam without flash, i had to open all windows (the real windows which are usually integrated in the walls) to let much sunlight in. the measuring was quite a task. actually the measuring took the most time of the overal time for the project. th...

here is a teaser. i'll post some more pictures and maybe add some more info later [update] the image is now hosted on my uni server. it should be quite reliable so if it is down you can go screaming in panic right away. http://w3studi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/~zimmerla/allyourbandwidth/ductedalph...

stock is used to describe products how they are sold by the manufacturer. sapphire's ultimate edition are stock pasive cooled. the opposite to stock would be mod (modded). usually when you mod something you lose the waranty. sapphire does use the zalman heatsink but since it is sold that way by sapp...

this thread should go sticky but you should differ between cards that are stock passive cooled and gpus that are save to be passive cooled modded there should be some arrangement on how to list the cards like this for example [stock] the sapphire ultimate edition series [mod] radeon 8500 gpus using ...

could someone describe this clicking a little more detailed? click like in a mouse click in rapid succesion? or like the click of a switch? or the click of a watch? i just bought a zm400a-apf. when i turn it on (no load, just green-black-wire-connect) it makes some noise which i wouldn't describe as...

resurecting my old thread to answer my own question :) please ignore if this is of no interrest. i just thought i post this info for those other poor saps who might come here looking for this info (like me couple of months ago) ;) i just recently got around to buying a zalman cnps7000 alcu and it fi...

can you give further details on what went wrong with the comp? did the cpu burn up? how long was it between the duct taping and the comp wrecking? one week? 6 months? which tech guy said that the comp got wrecked by duct tape? they will tell you anything to blame you so you think it was your fault a...

i have tried getting some grommets in the screwholes for the psu, but then the screws where too short to reach the psu. i had to apply a substantial amount of force to compress the grommet to allow the screw to reach the psu, even then the screw couldn't go in far enough to hold the psu safely. the ...

simon you just need to move the fan to the back, leave the HD as it is now and leave the hole where the fan was in the front open (some dust filter wouldn't hurt i guess). the fan will suck the air from the front and push it out the back. theoretically the airflow should be the same but minor aspect...

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