winME, 98,95 simly cant work with more than 512mb of ram (it will hang) nt. win2k and xp will take any amounts and work aok Please don't slander the good stuff. OK so ME was a pile of crap but 98SE retail is probably the best peice of plastic MSFT ever released on time. W9x was intended to be able ...

Can you not make out that bolt where there should be a screw. And can you not see the 2 fins of the heatsink under that top corner of the fan spread out more than they should be? Well, I got a bolt and forced it throw the fins of the heatsink, which is why 2 of them are more spreadout then the othe...

JEN wrote:

ZL1 wrote:...but how did you install that fan...

Like THIS.

Can you see how I did it ?

nope cant figure it out, did you glue it on ?



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Please have a look at THIS picture. I replaced the stock fan on the socket 370 heatsink rated upto 1200MHz cpus, and added this 92mm Zalman fan running at 12v (for now)! Will this be enough to cool the already cool SL46T cpu ??? I cleaned and reapplied some silver thermal goop using some applicatio...

JEN wrote: whats going on?

Vega

JEN wrote:Ever thought about turning that bottom fan around, you might get much better cooling!

Yes, the fans in my PSU were already like that!

well antec engineers usually know what they are doing

whats with the "!" at the end of each sentence ??


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There are 2 fans on my PSU, 1 at the bottom only visible when the case is open, and 1 at the back which can be seen from the back of the case. The fan at the bottom sucks air into the PSU and the 1 at the back blows air out of the PSU. I know it works this way because I modded it with 2 zalman fan ...

If one didn't play any of those demanding games or work with large graphic files and just did average stuff with XP, would having 1024 MB RAM have any negative effect? Just a waste of money? what am I invisible ?? to quote myself "simply put lots of ram wont slow you down but you wont need more tha...

What if I made a 80mm side duct directly above the CPU+HS-fan and sealed all other openings in the case. This way the the air extracted by the PSU will be forced to pull air in through the 80mm duct potentially cooling the cooler/lowvoltage SL46T before extracting the air through the 2 slow speed f...

If one didn't play any of those demanding games or work with large graphic files and just did average stuff with XP, would having 1024 MB RAM have any negative effect? Just a waste of money? what am I invisible ?? to quote myself "simply put lots of ram wont slow you down but you wont need more tha...

Kostik wrote:

Trip wrote:An ideal would be something that would keep the fans running even after the computer is turned off and then cut off when things reach a safe temperature.

The Nexus Prolong is exactly what you are looking for, though I can't see any use for this device.

I say the same thing

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dude say no to celerons (thats like a v6 camaro )


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I'd probably go with Crucial or Kingston, whichever is easier to get and/or cheaper. Please stay away from the no-name and off-brand RAM, your system (and your sanity) will thank you for it. :) On the subject of RAM, what is the point (percentage) of free RAM that should be considered safe margin f...

Trip wrote:
An ideal would be something that would keep the fans running even after the computer is turned off and then cut off when things reach a safe temperature. Maybe digitaldoc 6 will have that feature.

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dude common
after the comp is off and if nothing burned out yet it wont burn durring cool off


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Korean memory manufacturers only make the memory chips - they get those assembled on the sticks in Taiwan or some place by another company. Graham well Ive seen samsung originals and samsung chips on generic modules so even if they dont assemble their own modules (which would be odd) they still hav...

ghowarth wrote:I would say avoid the Samsung. I have two sticks, and they are both unstable at 333mhz with my Asus board. Could be Asus's fault, but who knows...

are they samsung originals or samsung chips on something built by someone ?



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OCZ, TwinMos or Samsung


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thing is, it's overpriced and i dunno where you get a good graphics card for it, but it may be the best available for you. I hate for you to sit there with a brand new, cutting edge processor and have it become outdated without ever using it... After Christmas maybe the prices and selection will be...

ZL1, have you seen the $400 Lippert mini-itx M board? It comes with a laptop AGP, mini-AGP is it? An ATI 9600 mobility or one of those may work in it, if you can find one... Wsc, my dell was full of dust; it's the negative pressure from all of the exhaust fans that pulls it in. There are several SP...

wsc wrote: There was a good amount of dust accumulated on the HS, so much so that it had began to build a "blanket" on the nearby capacitors, trapping their heat and cooking them (presumably)...

location, location


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actually most of the time brand name machines that come with passive sinks have a pretty good internal airflow (most do have ducting and its a bit strange to me that the HPs wsc mentioned dont have any) + thats why only these brand name boxes came with passive sinks


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Ralf Hutter wrote:

ZL1 wrote:Hi

Thank you, thats actully how I got here

Oh, cool!

Well then, WELCOME TO SPCR!!!

(Please PM MikeC and tell him who refered you so I can get my kickback. TIA!)

Thank you


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Hi guys I was able to get a Pentium M 1.3 Gen3 (1mb l2 cache) for quite cheap but now Im wondering if I can use it is it possible to use it on a atx board ? if not what board would take it ? please let me know Thank you Dan I believe I answered your question earlier today over at Anandtech forums b...

ill do it, thanks man. Heh, i don't know if the Banias desktop boards will ever be out so this might be the only way to build a silent PC that's stronger than a pitiful C3. I'm stupid, i couldn't quite figure MBM5 out... i'll look at it again, i think it does adjust the fans if you link it to the r...

i dunno, im looking at maybe running a dead silent PC. Oh yeah, the price was just for the CPU, the $300 for an entire systems including the $25 CPUs on ebay, thanks for telling me abou them by the way. Is there a way to have a fan start up when a component reaches a certain temp.? Speed fan or wha...

25 or less!!, dude, i saw a soyo TISU, the only Tualatin board on the SPCR recommended list, for $25 two days ago! Of course a fanless PSU would cost $250... still $300 is not bad (I've got extra RAM, HDD, and CD ROM) . was this about a total on a system ? thing is I didnt read the whole thing, I j...

Trip wrote:$89 - PIII-550E

25 or less on ebay



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gen1 was a modified p3, gen2 and gen3 are quite a different thing
especially gen3 which is considered something very special



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Hi

guys I was able to get a Pentium M 1.3 Gen3 (1mb l2 cache) for quite cheap but now Im wondering if I can use it
is it possible to use it on a atx board ? if not what board would take it ?


please let me know



Thank you
Dan

how are you gonna run a 479 pin cpu on a 604 pin board ?


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