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- Mon May 17, 2004 1:30 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Another Sonata (minor) modding project
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4261
Thanks for the compliments ;). Pics are taken with my brand new Powershot A80, and I must say I love the quality! Yeah, I know the temp seems a bit high, but since temp measurement on motherboards differs, I'm not worried. My system is stable as it is, even after several hours of intensive gaming. A...
- Thu May 13, 2004 7:21 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: More Modded Sonata Pics
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6224
- Thu May 13, 2004 7:08 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Another Sonata (minor) modding project
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4261
Another Sonata (minor) modding project
My first minor modding is finally a fact . From the outside there's almost no difference, because it's mainly acoustic and airflow modding. First some pictures of how my Sonata looked before (you are allowed to laugh :D ): http://users.pandora.be/verheyen1/Jan/IMG_0126.JPG http://users.pandora.be/ve...
- Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:23 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Motherboards with CPU diode temperature monitoring
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2582
- Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:28 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SATA cable suck
- Replies: 30
- Views: 14947
I'm using 2 Raptors for about 3-4 months now, and I must say that my connectors and cables are of a very high quality. I'm using the cables that came with my motherboard (Asus A7N8X Deluxe). The connectors are firmly seated, the cables are quite easy to bend. But I've heard of several others who als...
- Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:14 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Windows XP Slowwwwness
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19757
I don't agree with some of you if you say that 512MB of RAM is a joke. I've got 512megs myself and I can play the latest games without any problem, WITH eyecandy. Imo the only valid reason to have more RAM is when you're a heavy photoshop/3dsMAX/... user, or when you want to play a game while burnin...
- Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:36 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Processor Power Consumption Holstically
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3685
AMD has implemented this in their 64-bit line, Cool 'n Quiet. And afaik it works like a charm, reducing the clockspeed and power consumption depending on the task the cpu is performing. I don't know either why it took so long though. Intel is a victim of its own marketing-talk. They've spent the las...
- Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:46 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Windows XP Slowwwwness
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19757
- Fri Mar 19, 2004 11:53 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Loud laptop hissing noise when processor _not_ in use
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2300
- Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:41 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: please help me out with stock sonata case
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3632
- Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:55 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Does CPU make noise? (AMD64 3200+)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5803
- Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:52 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: W2K Professional Versus Windows XP Professional
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8135
I've been using XP for a couple of years, and I like it. It does have a lot of eyecandy when you've just installed it, but with some minor tweaks you can turn them off and have the same layout as 2k. And if you go a bit further and if you're willing to spend some time on it you can speed it up even ...
- Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:17 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Future Water Cooled
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7680
obviously you don't want the grill there - but you definitely want a gap between the fan and the rad to eliminate the dead spot all so common with axial fans. when using a fan on a radiator, a ~3cm gap seems to be optimal based on the results from watercooling peoples such as cathar. yeah, thanks f...
- Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:24 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Static electricity woes..
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6052
I agree with Axhind that this is defenatly a grounding problem. I am fairly certain that you don't have your computer grounded. Since you probably don't have any grounded wall plugs in the room you have your computer in your easiest way to reach ground is a heater. Find some bare metal on the heate...
- Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:14 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: hdd upside-down on foam?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3441
putting a hd upside down is indeed a safe thing to do. you can even place it vertically, like some OEM builders do/did (Compaq for instance). The only thing to avoid is placing it in an angle, because that way gravity will work unevenly on the platters, heads and motor, causing it to degrade and eve...
- Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:01 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Passive water cooling
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17343
It definitely has been done before, I even know a guy on a forum of which I'm a regular who has done it. Unfortunately for you it's a Belgian forum ( http://www.born2oc.be ), so here's a pic (courtesy of homerke): http://www.sknet.be/homerke/born2oc/wc/wc_Project004.jpg link to his site: http://www....
- Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:16 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Future Water Cooled
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7680
I've got my cpu, nb and vga watercooled with the Asetek Waterchill-set, and it's NOT complete silent at all. I've got it all build in a Sonata and actually it looks like the Waterchill is designed with the Sonata in mind because they fit like a glove together :wink:. The fan is running @7v and it's ...
- Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:59 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Static electricity woes..
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6052
- Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:56 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: My build spec - final thoughts before I buy?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19874
Stay away from the all copper, no need, too much weight, not good. I agree, and what's more, copper 'picks up' heat faster than alu, but it needs more airflow to get rid of it. Alu needs very little airflow to dissipate its heat into the air, so if you're using a low rpm-fan (like with this heatsin...
- Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:22 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Quiet is in the details
- Replies: 48
- Views: 66097
Very nice work Douglas! I've got a Sonata too, and partially thanks to you, I've already ordered the Deluxe pack :wink: . If I receive that, I'll have about everything to 'mod' my case. I'll use a lot of other tricks I found on this forum too, so I'll try to make a nice article with pics to describe...
- Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:55 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: disadvantage of hd-suspension?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10785
Axhind, I also have a Sonata, and usless you are doing something unusual, the hard drive screws do not touch the chasis. As noted by others, both the power and data cables for the drive have ground wires. I did have a problem with a Pentium 90 years ago in that the floppy drive would not work prope...
- Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:34 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec Sonata & Dust
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4578
It looks like the sonata is indeed a duff design. BTW I got a reply from Antec saying i should have a 2nd part to my dust filter! So, who's just got the single plastic tray and who's got a seperate filter ? hmm strange, I think that I only have the plastic tray too.... I'm not 100% sure though so I...
- Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:52 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: disadvantage of hd-suspension?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10785
Since companies like Dell grommet mount their hard drives, I think you can be assured that it is safe. Dell actually has degreed engineers on their staff. Their liability would be enormous if any potential problem existed. However, I am not sure about grounding of the PSU. My harddrives in my Sonat...
- Tue Feb 24, 2004 5:08 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: disadvantage of hd-suspension?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10785
disadvantage of hd-suspension?
Hey all, I spent some time browsing the forum, and read a lot of topics about silencing comps, including the ones where one gets advice about suspending his hd's. I have one remark concerning this method, but i'm not 100% sure if my thoughts on this matter are correct. What about static electricity ...