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by lm
Sat Jan 17, 2004 5:05 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Fatal error: Box exploding.
Replies: 11
Views: 6907

I'm quite sure the client cannot detect all errors, so you are most likely sending bad results on your highly unstable machines?
by lm
Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:08 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Cool, efficient basic mb and cpu when I don't need power?
Replies: 15
Views: 7057

It would probably be very cheap to silence your current system. For the slot 1 P2 get the vos32 cooler (search the board for vos32), which should be able to cool your cpu without a fan. Replace your PSU or do a fan swap, and get barracuda or spinpoint if you dont have one allready. That should be en...
by lm
Fri Jan 16, 2004 9:37 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: My homebrew fanless PSU
Replies: 8
Views: 11200

Where can i buy such huge heatsink shown on the pictures?
by lm
Fri Jan 16, 2004 9:26 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 3x80gb one platter vs 2x160gb two platter, which is quieter?
Replies: 3
Views: 2602

2x sound power means +3dB (logarithmic scale),
so 2 drives is 3dB louder than 1 drive, but 4 drives are 6dB louder than 1 drive, so 3 drives is about 4.75dB louder than 1 drive.
by lm
Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:41 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Will black aluminium make it run hotter?
Replies: 12
Views: 5512

It would only matter if the PC were left out in the sun. Color only affects the heat absorbed from heat produced by light. In a dark room, a white PC and a black PC will behave exactly the same. If the case of the PC was very hot, the black case would radiate it's heat away faster than the white PC...
by lm
Thu Jan 15, 2004 3:12 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Designing a fan controller
Replies: 37
Views: 16076

Everywhere i read on this board they say PWM causes more noise from the fans?
by lm
Wed Dec 17, 2003 9:03 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Yet another quest for silence
Replies: 3
Views: 2758

Yet another quest for silence

Found this site recently, and found lots of useful information. This is my first post here, just to introduce myself. So here's my setup: Server machine (on 24/7, running debian linux, on UPS) case Aopen HQ08 with the PSU that came with it intel P3 733MHz slot 1 intel cc820 mobo (integrated sound) 2...