xp 2600 tbred B
asus a7n8x dx
slk800/L1A/ceramique

ambient: 20-25C

CPU 7V idle: 32-36C
CPU 7V load: 44-48C

CPU 5V idle: ~40C

judging from the manufacturs page i dont think they make one..

they only list sata and usb2

http://www.iocombo.com/product/showprod ... HD3MA_U2SA

found this on /.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994086

theres this old program that manually spins down harddrives. i couldnt get it to work with my seagate or maxtor, but heres the link.

http://m571.com/m571/spindown.htm

the authors site has been down for a while so good luck finding any support.

i doubt using only those 4 screws to transfer heat to a heatsink would be sufficient. but if you cant take off the plastic, i have had success by just placing the hdds at the bottom of the case and having a 5v blow over them.

good luck

forgot to mention that when i suspended them, i also stuck on a panaflo behind the drive. the easiest place for me to mount it was on the psu, so i was hoping to pull the heated air away and out through the psu. it was a good 2 inches or so away from the back of the drive so i guess it wasnt too eff...

i suspended my maxtor in one of the 5.25 bays, but was diappointed that it had little or no effect on the whine. since i had some extra melamine foam, i fitted a peice to cover up the front bays. now the highpicted whine is basically gone. i can barely tell if the maxtor is sleeping or not and its a...

im running my geforce's panaflo at 7v. before the heatsink was hot to the touch with the stock fan... now its just warm.

if your card is overheating.. youll probably see visual glitches in games or it might just crash.

i dont think its any warmer in here.. if anything it should be a bit cooler.. its been raining.

but.. thanks for the input.. that tape thing is a good idea.

the AS instructions didnt mention spreading it around the core.. guess ill try that

i dunno about going passive, but a few of us with leadtek's geforce have mounted 80mm panaflos instead of the stock fan. http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=4107&highlight= only downside is that youll probably lose a pci slot (actually you wont get to look at that heatsink anymore). but...

is there any trick to getting the most out of this stuff? i just wiped off the stock compound that came with the slk800 and replaced it with ceramique from arctic silver. after about 48 hours, temps actually rose by about 4C on both idle and load temps. their website says the stuff takes only 12 hou...

the fiberglass covering gives the foam an outer shell for support. without it, the thing would be kinda limp. i dont think the fiberglass has any sound absorbing properties, but i could be wrong.

i have my generic 400 watt psu fan running with a 7v panaflo L1A. so far there have been no problems. i usually leave my computer on 24/7 and switched fans about 4 months ago. the only difference i notice is the air coming out of the psu is a bit warmer. i have no way of monitoring psu temps.

maybe mike or allistar can implement a java client for the irc room?

but yea.. i like the forums the way they are.

well said justin_r. although i still feel silenx exploited our community.. i havent seen many complaints about their actual product. mikec even gave them a pretty good review for their new psu (well, exoticpc anyways). its not like they said their product was something it isnt.. and im pretty sure t...

nice!

this should have what youre looking for.

http://www.fanbus.com/thelab/Schematics ... matics.htm

Asus A7N8X (non-deluxe) nForce2 mobo (rev 1.04) with stock northbridge passive (big) heatsink) http://www2.uiah.fi/~samu/hot_machine.jpg you know if you switch around your memory config, you can use twinbank architechure for improved performance. twinbank works when your sticks are in dimms 1 and 3.

my card is still under warranty.. all i did was unplug/unscrew/remove the stock fan. then i used those twisty ties to secure the panaflo to four points to the card/heatsink. if you twist em enough, theres not much vibration.. now that i think about, i could probably put some grommets in there too. i...

i get pretty good temps with an slk800 with a 7v panaflo

~40 idle / ~45 max on the XP2600 rev.B

your setup is simlar to mine.. except mine spindown after 15 and the noisemaker is a maxtor. i noticed when the maxtor is sleeping.. if i run windows media player, some game, certain apps, or send something to the recyle bin, the maxtor will spin up and then back down after about 15 min.. even thoug...

yay for irc!

To rid my IBM 60GXP of its high-pitch noise, I 1 put it to the bottom of the case 2 added foam beneath 3 put the foam and the drive in a clear plastic container --> great reduction in whine. I tried to put a second HD, a Barracuda IV, in the same container, but both drives would overheat quickly st...

i like the side duct.

the asus a7n8x is fanless
agp 8x, firewire, usb2, built in sound/lan
but its not undervoltable

i think firewire might only be available in the deluxe version..

i have the exact same gfx card.. i replaced the stock fan with a 7v 80mm panaflo. best thing is the card runs a lot quieter and cooler. with the stock fan i could barely keep my finger on the heatsink when idle.

its a good mod if your gfx card is still stock

for me it'd be one of these... a 3 to 4 pin adapter

http://www.svc.com/3pinto4pinad.html

i couldnt find the original thread so im making a making a new one. anyways. i am referring to the mod where you basically mount the psu fan on the outside and have it protrude from the case (fig.2). would mounting the fan on the outside but still have it inside the computer case have the same cooli...

verax is listed twice.

Boomerang Rapido wrote:What's a Nehemiah?

http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.p ... =0&thold=0