Smoken Joe wrote: Going into the bios can do this to and it is free.

... if you're blessed with a fairly new motherboard with fan control functions... *eyes his NF7-S gloomily*

Ya, I saw it too this morning. Will try it soon, maybe tomorrow.

I have a logitech mx500. Just now I tried bringing it next to my ear, and realized that it really does make some noise. The noise is a high frequency constant whine that I can only hear when the mouse is about 15cm from my ear Most people sit upright with the mouse at (literally) arm's length, but ...

I currently use a ZM80D-HP to cool a 5900XT card. I can run it almost passive; I have mounted an 80mm L1A to cool it off when gaming for longer periods. If I forget to turn up the fan, most games crash after 30-45 minutes. Will I gain anything (noise wise) by swapping the cooler, i.e., can it provid...

ARE YOU CRAZY to use a H 1A?!!!! -.- Just use a freaking nexus or M/L1A -.- There are fan controllers you know... I have soft-mounted the standard fan on my 7000, running it very undervolted. I tried mounting an Adda fan on it -- gave me the same temps at max speed, which means I don't have any mar...

Loosen the struts between the heatsink sides a bit, so you can slide them along the edges of the heatsinks. Hold the new fan in the same way the slim one was mounted. Turn the fan 45 degrees and wedge the corners between the struts and the heatsink (slide the struts over the corners). Now tighten th...

These are the Swedish stores I found, which carry the 3700 AMB: http://www.datorbutiken.se http://www.acp.nu http://www.overclockers.se http://www.sbs.o.se http://www.dustin.se http://www.webhallen.com http://www.datorfixarna.com I know Dustin is in Stockholm, but not about the others. Go check!

The case came with some kunda of plastic housing... I think I have it at a friends house. Can you put a fan in it or what? Yes, the plastic housing clips on to the mount, and a fan snaps into the housing. I used to have a case like that, and I now have one where I drilled my own fan holes instead. ...

Ralf Hutter wrote:I'd run Prime 95 for at least 24 hrs to assure stability. That's a fairly large OC on stock voltage.

Uh, I can see four instances with a running time of 30 hours...

Just remember that the back pressure will decrease when using larger fans. It may or may not decrease performance.

Of the ones I've seen, the P80 series rotate at 7,200 rpm and the V80's at 5,400 rpm. I have no idea how it affects I/O performance, though.

Now, are these decend temps for the Vcore I am running and the processor speed or are these a tad high. Ask yourself if the computer is stable instead of looking blindly (heh) at the temperature readings. Motherboard temp probes are notoriously inaccurate and can give readings which differ a lot fr...

Hail to Ralf Hutter, upholder and mentioner of forum etiquette. He's right again, of course.

The Instigator wrote:The difference between too much and the perfect amount is no more than 5 degrees.

Addendum: The difference between different brands of thermal paste is even less than that.

Mats wrote:Pjotor or someone: How deep is the Phantom? It looks like 1" more than the standard 140 mm.

*Looks at the retail box*

"Size: 15 (W) x 15.9 (D) x 8.6 (H) cm"

I think you're correct! Seems like it's 15.9 cm deep (about 0.8 inches deeper than the standard 140 mm for the metric challenged).

I can't think of any PSU where the fan controller isn't built-in (PSUs with manually controlled fans exempted). PSU fans are controlled either by temperature (which is the most common solution) or PSU load. I don't know if this answers your question, since I didn't quite figure it out. Please rephra...

Another suggestion -- try to find an old VGA card. IIRC very few of them (not even the ones with 3D acceleration) had any fan.

S3 Virge, Matrox Millennium, or Matrox Mystique. I have used them all on RedHat Linux version 5 (!). You can probably get them for just a couple of dollars.

Passive magnetic bearings can only be made stable in 2 dimensions, so you still need a mechanical bearing for the 3rd dimension. How is that? What exactly makes it impossible (or just too difficult to be worth the trouble) to use passive magnets in all 3 dimensions? Please explain -- I'm a curious ...

And as usual, no support for socket A *sigh*

In that case...

WELCOME TO SPCR!

I prefer Zalman's solution (and yes, I have tried both). The primary reason is that it is silent -- it has no fan. If you do need a fan on it, you can choose any fan you like, whereas you're stuck with the same fan if you use the VGA Silencer. In my case, the fan rattled at 5 V, which was one of the...

Here is the only reference I could find searching in these forums (and you tried that before asking, didn't you )

And, of course, the complimentary WELCOME TO SPCR!

wow thanks very much!! good advice. few questions though, does the compucase come with the hd brackets (so ya dont need screws) has it got two 120mm fan positions, is the steel as thick as on the accousticase, and does it have rubber grommets. do you think if i just bought the compuecase and didnt ...

Ok, I found the answer to my question in their online user manual: 3.6 OVER TEMPERATURE The power supply includes an over-temperature protection sensor, which can trip and shutdown the power supply at 110°C. Such an overheated condition is typically the result of internal current overloading or a c...

You do have to have an exhaust fan in the case. I experienced a couple of reboots yesterday while gaming. I opened the case after the third reboot and saw that the 120mm exhaust fan wasn't spinning -- I had forgotten to connect it again after adjusting some cables. Hooking the exhaust fan back up so...

I'm always careful about electronic circuits, so roll a little electrical tape around the paperclip first.

Nah, my computer sits under the desk in a corner in the room. As mazurek says it's easy to cover if you're bothered by it.

I would be bothered if the light was on the front side, though.

Do you mean like these?

Yes, they work and work well, but you get the same (not better, not worse) results with bungee cords.