Is there a way to passively cool a Geforce 4 TI 4200? The stock fan on mine is quite loud. If not, can anyone suggest a quieter fan? I have the same card. For a cheap solution, I simply unplugged the stock fan and rubber banded to the heatsink an undervolted 92mm L1A Panaflo. It's been cool and qui...

Whet, Sorry that I didn't reply sooner. I have used cheap Maxtor 250GB drives which have worked well, but, as you said, have very loud seeks. I have also used 250GB Western Digital drives for less than $150 that have much quiet, though still audible seek noise. The Seagates Barracuda 7200.7's that I...

If you purchase large HDD's for Xbox's, note that the current Xbox hacked BIOS's do not support partitions larger than 256GB. Partitions larger than this eventually get corrupted, as reported on Xbox-Scenes.com forums. The original 5 partitions (like what you'll find on the stock Xbox HDD - C and E)...

Ralf,

What case are you putting that hot-swappable rack in? I was considering a mid-tower like the Sonata and using Granite Digital Firewire hot-swap solutions, but the cost is much higher than the rack you showed. Can you also buy extra drive trays?

I know this site is for desktops but I recently got a free Toshiba Sat Pro 4340 (P3-650). The hard drive on this thing is driving me nuts - it's so loud I can't concentrate. Maybe I've been spoiled by my quiet desktop. Anyway, I don't know much about laptops. Does anyone know of any quiet laptop har...