I slapped it on a fx5900 Ultra and have been extremely happy with it. Use search to find the report.zouav wrote:If anyone has some personal experience on the Aerocool VM-101, it would be much appreciated
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- Sat Nov 06, 2004 11:05 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Zalman ZM80D or Aerocool VM-101 ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6020
- Sat Sep 25, 2004 4:30 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Experiences with Aerocool VM-101 and FX5900 Ultra
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1690
Experiences with Aerocool VM-101 and FX5900 Ultra
I thought I'd report my experiences from installing an Aerocool VM-101 on a Gainward FX5900 Ultra Golden Sample , one of the most power hungry video cards available today. Gainward has its own dual-fan single-slot cooling solution. Loud as hell, but supposedly quieter than nVidia's reference cooler....
- Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:05 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Search For Quiet keyboard is OVER!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7469
But then, I use the Kinesis Contoured keyboard, and am a bit fanatical about it. http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/images/classic.jpg Neat. I especially like the beverage cup space in the middle. Stick in a straw and you don't even have to stop typing while sipping the caffeine laced drink of your choice.
- Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:32 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 9800 Pro
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2667
I've replaced the stock fan with a Artic Cooler, so I'm guessing it'll be void? Ouch. Replacing the cooler breaks the warranty all right. I still have the old cooler, reckon I could get away with it? The ethics of it aside, I guess you don't have anything to lose by trying. Chances of getting the c...
- Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:26 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 9800 Pro
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2667
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:20 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: X-bit labs takes a look at Vidcard Power Consumption
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10247
You can't just compare the used wattage. According to the article the problem is that some nVidia cards use a lot of 12 V. So even if a system uses 200 W and have a 350 W PSU, it might not work properly because the PSU can't deliver 12 V enough. That's why a 450-550 W PSU is recommended for these c...
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:20 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: X-bit labs takes a look at Vidcard Power Consumption
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10247
- Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:36 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: I believe God is trying to get me off the computer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4720
- Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:01 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Shut off noisy hard drives in Win XP?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20430
I guess I have to learn myself the nessesary programming skills and then write an app that does this myself :p That's the spirit! Here's a couple of links you might find useful: IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH (sending ATA/ATAPI commands to block devices) ATA/ATAPI-7 Register Delivered Command Set Should be...
- Sun Aug 15, 2004 2:18 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Aerocool HB-101 HDD cooler
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1822
Aerocool HB-101 HDD cooler
I don't suppose this new HDD cooler does anything much for noise, but it might be just the thing if you have low airflow around the drive cage and don't want to add yet another fan:
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Four heatpipes, weight 700 grams.
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Four heatpipes, weight 700 grams.
- Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:20 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: silencing the 7200.7
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7460
- Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:59 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Abit CPU temperatures
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5530
- Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:59 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Viagra of hardware cooling
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9961
- Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:49 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: silencing a 2.5" drive under debian linux
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19577
Well, no pain, no gain. I'll figure it out eventually. if you do, please post it! Well, I did, and boy do I feel stupid. Turns out it was syslog after all. Here it is, the ages old entry for piping log messages to xconsole: daemon.*;mail.*;\ news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\ *.=debug;*.=info;\ *.=no...
- Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:15 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: silencing a 2.5" drive under debian linux
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19577
My understanding of reading the (slightly outdated) noflushd webpage is that *all* writes are deferred in RAM until RAM is needed for non-diskio-related purposes (e.g., real work). Writes are committed when a read that cannot be satisfied from in-memory cache requires that the disk be spun up anywa...
- Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:47 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: silencing a 2.5" drive under debian linux
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19577
I prepended all my /etc/syslog.conf entries with "-" (no sync) That shouldn't help much. The new log entries should still get flushed to disk all the same, albeit with a slight delay. Does noflushd do some magic to delay asynchronous block writes if the disk is spun down, or what? At least frequent...
- Sun Aug 01, 2004 12:27 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Shut off noisy hard drives in Win XP?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20430
je_zza -- Yes, that's exactly the thing you need. It works even with pretty old hard disks. Linux IDE drivers supports this and there is a command line utility (hdparm) that you can use to explicitly set power managment states (among other things). I was searching for something similar for win2k and...
- Sun Aug 01, 2004 12:16 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Coolpacks for a cool and quiet drive!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28419
Well, I confess to not being a big metal fan myself but it is pretty popular in Finland. I get to enjoy Tuska (= agony) from close range every year and it is always sold out well in advance, with a lot of people dressed in black hanging around outside the festival grounds. You should visit Finland s...
- Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:55 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: X-bit labs takes a look at Vidcard Power Consumption
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10247
Sounds like just the thing. There seem to be a bunch of different kinds here:Uberman1080 wrote:You mean like an AGP version of a PCI Riser card? im pretty sure you can get right angle AGP adapters out there, I know you can get PCI ones.
http://www.mycableshop.com/3rd_Level/AG ... s-Misc.htm
- Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:41 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Real silence - move your PC to another room!
- Replies: 126
- Views: 148512
If you have thoughts about distancing yourself from your PC, consider this: A PC is much like a woman. You try to put a little distance between yourself and it to get rid of the constant chatter, and at first it seems like a huge improvement. However, pretty soon you will find that it stops respondi...
- Sat Jul 31, 2004 2:29 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Why no fuses?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5911
Right now a few boards have a replaceable fuse for the on-board USB connectors. But that's about it as far as I know.... Well, AOpen at least seems to be advertizing "CPU overcurrent protection" and "AGP protection" on their mobos. Here it makes sense, because the mobo has its own voltage regulator...
- Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:57 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: X-bit labs takes a look at Vidcard Power Consumption
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10247
I wonder though if he just tapped into the motherboard, which would be much easier to perform the tests. You mean tapping the motherboard power connectors? I hope not. That would throw some suspicion over validity of the results in general. IMHO, the best way to do this would be to prepare a shim c...
- Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:17 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: X-bit labs takes a look at Vidcard Power Consumption
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10247
I still didn't get how he got to supply the AGP voltages through the shunt, especiall the 3.3V line. Well, this is what he says: What to do? I took it easy and just insulated the appropriate pins of the AGP connector on the graphics card with stripes of adhesive tape (pin A1 – 12v; pins B2, B3 – 5v...
- Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:14 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Coolpacks for a cool and quiet drive!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28419
I'm surprised silent computing is a concern in Finland, everyone is cranking up their metal music over there anyway ;) Well, let me put it this way: there are two groups, one of which lives heart and soul for heavy metal and is mainly responsible for all the cranking up. The members of the other gr...
- Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:59 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: X-bit labs takes a look at Vidcard Power Consumption
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10247
- Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:54 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Coolpacks for a cool and quiet drive!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28419
I finally figured out what those things are called in Finnish (hey, I'm not a sportsman, I thought they were for keeping beer cans nice and cool :cool:) and bought a couple of different brands for 5.60€ apiece. I sandwitched one of my toasty DM+9's between the two packs on the bottom of my case. How...
- Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:25 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Power consumption of next gen video cards
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4147
This article has some conflicting information compared to the German one. This shows the 6800U drawing 17W more than 5950U at full blast.
Here's another one. 6800U against 9800XT.
Here's another one. 6800U against 9800XT.
- Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:30 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Fanless heatsink for nVidia 6800 series?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25752
Mostly!?!Rusty075 wrote:As for the Aerocool...
Shoulda asked me first....it causes all cards to burst into flames spontaniously upon installation.
(just kidding, mostly)
These guys at http://twinsbyte.de at least seem to like it (babelfish translation).
- Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:36 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Fanless heatsink for nVidia 6800 series?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25752
- Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:00 am
- Forum: SPCR Announcements
- Topic: If you like SPCR...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 39498
Re: If you like SPCR...
That is the worst recommendation you have made so far.MikeC wrote:... you can help with hardly any effort to Boost SPCR's Alexa ranking.