Well.. From what I just google'd, it's definately not a standard plug... Anywhere. I'd have to guess that maybe it was fitted as part of whatever appliance was installed. If it was a 240V oven/stove/etc, and you're up in 110V land, it very reasonable that it would have a proprietary connector. And ...

However, seeing that they've apparently been contracted by the U.S. Navy to produce their device for use on ships, I'm inclined to believe it works! ;) And they've been contracted by a company that uses magnets for pain relief . And just because a large government entity is cited, doesn't mean that...

This sounds strangely like the Ionic Breeze by Sharper Image. As for the points made, I'll believe it when I see it. My internal BS meter is going nuts right now.

Mike, why so scared to put multimeter leads in there? I do this all the time. Just be damn sure you don't have any metal to cross the leads. Typically the 240V coming in IS single phase. If you ever get a chance to have a look at the lines coming into your house, you'll see 3 wires (at least that's ...

Well they claim to do in in a anechoic chamber but who knows if thats true or not. I apologize if I'm coming off sounding like a dick, but when I said put their "specs to the test" I meant a basic SPCR style review of the fans. It takes more than an Anechoic chamber to get those measurements. I wan...

Aleksi, Be sure to update your original post as you find new information. That way newcomers and veterans alike won't have to read through the thread to find a good vendor.

Should they? Maybe. 140mm fans aren't as prevalent as 120mm fans right now (5-10 years from now, who knows?). Most of the major fan manufacturers seem to end right at 120mm. Because of that alone, it may be more difficult to get 140mm fans cheaply. From that, I'd even wager that 140mm fans are more ...

Umm... I thought the ability to decode a 1080p WMV-HD was CPU dependent, not GPU dependent.

I say f*** it and see if its visible. I'm a little young to remember the 4GB limitation issues, but with the later ones, if you used a disk that was larger than the limit, then you were just stuck with the limit. It may seem like a complete waste of space, and you'd be right, but it would still be w...

have you or anybody else actually used that circuit with a panaflo? I have tried 2 other circuits and non work, that's why I wanted to use an IR type circuit. I've used a variant of that circuit on a Panaflo and verified the output on an oscilliscope. You MAY need to put a 10k resistor between the ...

how do you do this with a 3 pin fan? i just got a 120 mm fan and it is LOUD, my pc can be heard from 30 feet away, so i unplugged it.. You could look into getting a 3-pin to 4-pin converter. Using that, you can use the above methods of modding your own stuff. Or you could just add a 3-pin header to...

Manufactured? I have no idea.

Do-It-Yourself? Nexus.

USB anything is just a way of getting a 5V source with 500mA max current draw (or 0.25W total power). So your USB Fan is a 5v fan.

Watch out, I don't think that Best Byte Link includes a 3-pin connector. The product title says "Bare Wires".

Install a current sensing resistor (0.01~10 Ohm) in series with the fan, measure the voltage across the resistor, and amplify the analog output of it.

Or even better, here's a schematic I got from the user FanControl.

I don't really see a question in the first post, so I'll just make my comments here. Are you certain that all those fans make a difference? If the sum total of them is still inaudible, then I suppose its still okay, but I am somewhat unconvinced that all of those fans are necessary.

Thermal overheat protection will save your CPU in the event that your CPU HAS failed. You're one of the first people who's asked for a faster (and with it, noisier) fan. If you're handy with circuits, there's an alternative to purchasing a new fan. There are Tach generating circuit diagrams availabl...

dan wrote:wouldn't that increasse latency defeating the purpose of the product?

Not if silence is your goal.

Is this a joke? Have you read the P180 preview and the P160 article

The P160 is not on SPCR's recommended list. The P180 likely will be.

No idea on the Titan. MikeC, I stopped recommending the Fong Kai after I found out that they appear to be impossible to get in this country (and possibly other countries as well, I don't really look too much into that). Locomo, if you need an E-ATX case, a popular one on the list is the Silverstone ...

FWIW, people who's business it is to keep data safe will tell you that HDDs are a poor backup medium. And while I'm certainly no expert (hell, not even much of a rookie) when it comes to data backup, my anecdotal experience with thousands of pressed CDs vs. >100 HDDs over the the past 20+ years fir...

Disable the CPU fan in whatever bios menu you use to monitor the temps. This would be my first guess.

Dampening is a final step, not a first step. At best, it will shave off MAYBE 3dBA/1m. At worst, it doesn't do squat. Are you in serious need to hold a lot of drives? If not the Antec P180 looks a lot like the smaller version of the PC-73SL. The SPCR special P180 is a black version of the same case....

Does proper throttling exist for Pentium-M as applied to a CT-479?

I've learned a lot since I asked the same exact question for my first post In general, Lian-Li's and most other aluminum cases will tend to vibrate when a hard drive is normally mounted within them. That fact aside, I don't think it's all that bad, but I don't think it would be any thing special eit...

The whole issue of pressed CDs as a viable long-term storage media (ask the Library of Congress about this) is tenuous at best, and PC media makes them look real good. That's not something that fills me with lots of confidence. Burned CDs is not what I meant. Redundant sets of drives are. 80% of my...

The CD player to a certain extent is going to become passe. People are more and more are going to rip their CD's in an uncompressed format straight to a hard drive. They'll use the computer through a DAC to play their music. Is anyone doing this? If so, what caveat emptor's do you have for those of...

This thread is a good start too.

Moved!

IsaacKuo wrote:Wow, all those diodes looks like a lot of work! Is there a particular reason why you can't just use a potentiometer? Obviously, you'd want one with a sufficient current rating.

To guarantee known fixed voltages?

Until I got a decent wire stripper, I used a pocket knife, or my teeth. So long as you don't nick the wire, you're golden. Wrap the end result in electical tape, or just use wire connectors. We're veering slowly into off-topicness, but I've hurt my teeth trying to strip wires that way. But I STILL ...

Sorry guys, but this is interesting enough to deserve its own thread. I've split it from the Antec TPII thread.