If the other drive is a Seagate or Maxtor then you can use this free Seagate tool in Windows : http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/suppor ... discwizard

Samsung Hard Drives: I deal directly with a company called "Rexo" (who Samsung have appointed to do their returns and fix faults), I log into their website, I type in the serial and model numbers and a fault, I send it to them, they send me a replacement (very quickly). Even if you did what Samsung...

Hi Walter, yes, I think so, too. I was planning on getting the PicoPSU, but I plan on extending the system with more HDDs in the near future. According to my estimation, the fully built system would consume something like 140-150W (with all components active, for example, at startup), and the bigge...

Here's two oldish reviews of optical drives and a reference to the power usage - again a bit old. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article101-page1.html http://www.silentpcreview.com/article154-page1.html http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8108&view=previous&sid=3155310c0afe5ef4fe4850...

I want to power my system with two DVD drives HDD etc. with a PicoPSU is that possible ? I see they make 150 Watt ones :idea: :?: See this URL for a good UK based e-shop : http://linitx.com/search.php?keywords=picopsu&Submit=Search I bought a 90Watt unit from them. Most PicoPSU's have 2 power conne...

Finally,about micro/pico PSUs, I've been surfing another little bit and came across that they haven't any power SATA conectors (at least the few I've seen), just molex 4 pin conector (the power conector of an IDE Hard Disk). Do you know any micro/pico PSU about 90 to 150W that come with al least 2 ...

I'm currently building two NSK3480s, both with an E5400 cpu and a Ninja heatsink. Btw, I am a bit disappointed about the noiselevel of the stock powersupply: it is by far the loudest component in these machines (one built, one to go), which I did not really expect. My main comparisons are the Enerm...

Have a look at the forum postings in this forum : http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=82 and in the official drive compatibility list : http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=82 I know this info concerns the Netgear ReadyNAS range, but I suspect that many of the tests run and user experiences ar...

IMO all these ITX cases are no use unless they can manage a 12cm fan. Plus there is more than likely another inevitable problem - proximity to the user ! I'm working my way down to a case of the right size with my Zotac ION system. This has only one fan - a slow spinning 12cm Scythe. There is a 64GB...

I've email Mike Chin about the PM system not working.

Basically I said that I wanted £ 160 plus postage to UK. Payment by PayPal or UK cheque (has to clear first).

Unless Mike can clear the PM system then any email addresses etc will have to wait.

PM sent today.

Glad to hear that V3.5.1 fixes the problem and for the link to CCleaner. I'll upgrade back to V3.5.x again.

More important is the problem with JavaScript in Firefox 3.5.
See : http://www.h-online.com/security/Mozill ... ews/113772

I haven't yet seen if v3.5.1 fixes this.

Sort of puts a big dent in the image of Firefox.

2Ghz is very stable. I've had no problems at all in the week I was running it at 2Ghz. I am using 2x 2GB 800Mhz Corsair RAM - also makes a difference. Upping to 2Ghz made the difference from a slow PC to a useable one. At 1.6Ghz it felt like a PC from 3 years ago. At 2Ghz it felt like my other PC, t...

Price update.

I also am selling a Sonos Zp80 as I have moved to the Zp120 version. Anyone with an interest - PM.

Just my 2c worth on this : I got an early B version from a good German dealer for a decent price and am using it with a Pico90W PSU/Samsung SSD. As I can't use my USB CDunit, I've had to put this in an Antec P182 so that the internal CD unit is reasonably physically accessible. I had in an Antec 138...

Got my Zotac Ion DualCore Atom on Mon Jun 1 from the egg. The board is beautiful. Love the integrated power. WiFi. Popped into a Morex 350 case from mitxpc and was running some HD video in no time. However, I had to install the included Zotac 60mm fan on the NB/CPU heatsink. That brought temps down...

The dealer where I bought my mobo still has his Evaluation unit, so Zotac must be sending out Evaluation units by mistake - so watch out ! Unless there is a real simple method of converting from Evaluation to Real - it will involve a return and replacement. Not much of an advert for Zotac ? Unfinish...

Hi. I'm going in a different route as I don't do gaming anymore. But, even with an Asus EN8500GT in my Asrock mobo, I didn't get more than 90W or so when idling. Now that I've bought 2 mobos with IGPs, the other one (Gigabyte) still does about 90W (has a 1TB Samsung, AMD 4850 and a 520W Corsair PSU)...

Yes, I was aware of the lack of USB support for wake-up, but I would have thought that USB booting would be an obvious must have for a modern mobo. Hopfully the summer revision will fix this. Experience so far is fine. Power use is 30W or so and, since I have had to reinstall a CD unit, max power is...

Well, it arrived today - almost next day delivery - what service. A half hour later and it was installed and working. Very easy, but with some problems. The I/O shield is only partly cut - leaving the pressing out of the shapes to the user. Poor show I call it. Especially as some of the shapes are v...

Like it says on the lid - GrowUpJapan 2002c box for Sale. Europe Location. Euros 35 plus postage to wherever. In excellent condition. Last used with a Samsung 1TB drive. This is the version : http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/harddrivesolutions/smartdrive-2002c http://www.gup.co.jp/smartdriv...

I certainly will. Just found out that the Antec WILL fit in the bookcase - it's only 27cm wide. Great. I'm going to take out the Intel DGLY board and sell it on ebay and remove the GrowUpJapan 2002c box with the Samsung 1TB drive. I'll probably post the GrowUpJapan box for sale here on SPCR as forum...

Well I made a decision. I found a less expensive supplier of the Zotac in Germany and actually bought it ! These very small and quiet configs are going to be the way of future General Purpose PCs, so I'll just get on with it. Now I want to look for a better small case as the Antec is just too big to...

I've also found a new wrinkle - my PicoPSU has a 20pin connector and many of the new boards have 24pin mobo sockets ! Actually, 20- and 24-pin motherboard power are generally compatible (so you can plug a 20-pin power connector into a 24-pin socket), the main issue that would come up with using a 2...

Thanks for your replies. mgarl10024 : Re 740 vs 780/790 - yes, maybe but 740 seems to be almost as good as 780. I have a 780 based Gigabyte already in #1 P182 and it does more than I need. I like the 740 really for the low lower usage. Since my 2 posts I've found a few more SPCR comparison tables, m...

Sort of answering my own question, I'm leaning towards the Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H. It seems capable enough in Graphics and features and with my BE-2350, fast enough for everyday. Is this going to fit in a 60W power brick limit, or am I going to have to upgrade the PSU/Brick combination ? I fear that...

I want to stop using my #2 P182 as it now has less and less stuff in it as I have migrated all the files to a remote NAS and stopped playing games. ( I have #1 P182 for all the busy media conversion work with TV Card, MAudio 2496, 1TBSamsung etc). I also have an Antec 1380 that I was using as anothe...

Here's another variant on a config for this case and has the advantage of fitting a decent quiet drive setup. I've put in a Mini ITX board with a Samsung 1TB drive in a GrowUpJapan box. The box sits vertically on foam on the left side of the case held in place by some trusty elastic tied through slo...

rei wrote:are they sold anywhere else in north america?

A simple Yahoo search reveals :

http://www.gup.co.jp/shopping/usa-atsukai.htm