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by nutball
Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:51 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: OT: Problem installing XP onto Samsung SATA
Replies: 3
Views: 2641

I installed WinXP on my new SATA Samsung on an ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe board direct from a CD, without messing about with floppies, by slipstreaming the SATA drivers into a new CD image of WinXP. This way the SATA drivers are automatically loaded from the install CD when they are needed (ie. the bit where...
by nutball
Thu Jan 15, 2004 3:31 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Monitor humming noise - help!
Replies: 9
Views: 3112

maxxymus wrote:I have no idea what LCDs are good for gaming except for the Iiyamas which have 16ms response time :/
Also depends what sorts of games you play :) If you're not into FPS, then half-decent LCDs are fine for games.
by nutball
Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:40 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Does the journey for the dead silent pc ever end?
Replies: 19
Views: 12641

I've been hanging around here for about 6 months now, and after going up a number of blind alleys with my pruchase decisions I think I've now got a system that represents an end-point in my quest for a quiet PC. It's not totally silent, but I do often find myself looking at the lights to tell if it'...
by nutball
Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:15 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Recommend a Silent Mouse and Keyboard?
Replies: 481
Views: 824349

It's deifnitely possible, an old Sun workstation I used to work on years ago had a very nice quiet, smooth feeling keyboard. A real pleasure to use. They were about £300 a pop though :shock: (for replacement parts)
by nutball
Thu Dec 18, 2003 3:12 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: How do you cool your hd?
Replies: 18
Views: 6115

My Spinpoint runs at between 34-40C. It's suspended in a NoVibes in a 5.25" bay, sandwiched between a CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives, no active cooling of the drive itself. Case temp typically maxes out around 31-34C after a few hours of heavy load. I've just bought 3x40mm Adda fans, I'm going to try mod...
by nutball
Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:03 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: ZM80C-HP on MSI FX5900 - initial impressions.
Replies: 12
Views: 7657

The downside is that the whole kaboodle warms my case up quite a bit, but I can't see how the choice of cooler would make any difference. Does the card still get very hot even with the stock cooler, then? I am a bit concerned about heating the case up too much, which is why I'm particularly attract...
by nutball
Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:04 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: ZM80C-HP on MSI FX5900 - initial impressions.
Replies: 12
Views: 7657

I have this setup (5900 Ultra + ZM-80), and so far haven't experienced any problems with the graphics card.. The thing idles at about 50C, and hits 75-80 under pretty serious load, but these temperatures are childs play for these chips (the default shutdown temperature for NV35 being 140C, for refer...
by nutball
Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:52 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Less than pleased with Seasonic Tornado (second revision)
Replies: 119
Views: 73619

for you folks who're having problems... have you contacted Seasonic support to try to make good on the 3-year warranty? I thought I had read earlier that they were being very good with replacing units that had odd fan problems... anyone want to verify or refute this for me? I WAS hoping to get a Su...
by nutball
Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:15 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Antec Truepower 480W or Seasonic Super Silencer 400W?
Replies: 27
Views: 11634

Yes, some people have experienced problems with their units. Some, like myself have not. Still, I think it's rather snarky to say they make bad products with only one good batch. I wasn't stating it as fact, merely suggesting it as an alternative interpretation. Sure, screw-ups happen. Reputations ...
by nutball
Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:00 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Zalman ZM80C-HP and GeForce Ti4200 unstable?
Replies: 18
Views: 7977

I have a ZM-80 on a GeForceFX 5900 Ultra, and it runs fine, and that is one hot GPU. Like the others said, sounds like there are some issues with the way you've installed it.
by nutball
Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:35 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Is there a software that turns off fans w/going to standby?
Replies: 16
Views: 8330

If I jiggle the mouse it comes out of standby. Ok, it's standby. Which means that CPU and PSU are not shut down. How you know that it's safe to shut down the fans? As I understand it there are two types of standby, S1 and S3. In S1 the CPU is stopped but still powered, in S3 it is switched off. In ...
by nutball
Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:20 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Antec Truepower 480W or Seasonic Super Silencer 400W?
Replies: 27
Views: 11634

Well, apparently it was just a bad batch for the new Super Tornadoes. I've had no problem at all with my Super Silencer. Seasonic makes some very solid units... forgiving that one bad batch :? Or maybe they make very bad products with the exception of one very good batch? I for one am rather dischu...
by nutball
Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:35 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Seasonic Super Tornado 300: loudest component in system?
Replies: 19
Views: 8930

Not sure what that is.
by nutball
Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:26 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Seasonic Super Tornado 300: loudest component in system?
Replies: 19
Views: 8930

nutball -- Your thermistor was screwed to the heat sink? Mine's not. It's nestled between the transformer coil, a large capacitor, and two mosfets, but touching none of these. The PSU is as loud as wumpus's, so I would guess reversing the fan is what made the difference for you. Yes, it was. Note I...
by nutball
Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:51 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Seasonic Super Tornado 300: loudest component in system?
Replies: 19
Views: 8930

Any tips or hints on things I can do to get this SST 300 fan to slow down? It's a vornado in there! I opened mine up and a) reversed the fan so it's sucking cold air in through the back, and b) unscrewed the temperature sensor from the heatsink. This latter mod probably means the thing will overhea...
by nutball
Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:31 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 160GB S-ATA Samsungs out in the uk!
Replies: 6
Views: 3614

Just put a 160GB-er in my box over the weekend suspended in a NoVibes, and man is it quiet! Very nice indeed.
by nutball
Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:14 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: MSI FX5900 - Passive Cooling possible?
Replies: 3
Views: 2979

I've got the Zalman ZM-80 whatsit on my 5900 Ultra, and it works just fine. With the size of the card and all the end product is a little bit bulky and certainly dominates my case, but it works as advertised. I've got the associated Zalman fan effort on it, running in "quiet" mode, and the card temp...
by nutball
Tue Nov 25, 2003 6:24 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Less than pleased with Seasonic Tornado (second revision)
Replies: 119
Views: 73619

nutball, could you confirm this describes your problem: - the PSU fan will spin too fast Yes, the fan spins faster than I would expect it too given the general ambient temperature, when the case is closed. I can also hear it reacting on very short timescales to changes in load on the machine. For e...
by nutball
Tue Nov 25, 2003 1:43 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Less than pleased with Seasonic Tornado (second revision)
Replies: 119
Views: 73619

Well I've just purchased this unit (the FT version) from koolnquiet, having spectacularly failed to notice this thread before making my decision :oops: Anyway, I've also found that the fan seems very trigger happy, and with the case closed will run at a speed where it's clearly the major source of n...
by nutball
Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:28 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Zalman ZM80-C on FX5900U: my experiences so far
Replies: 16
Views: 10224

I installed the ZM80A today -- without a fan -- on my FX5600. I found the installation to be rather time consuming and cumbersome, but it's worth it alright! After playing JediKnight: Jedi Academy (multiplayer) for 2 hours the heatsink was warm, but not hot. So that's good I guess. I'm afraid I don...
by nutball
Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:19 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: The MAXX is back?
Replies: 2
Views: 1530

Just read about it on The Inquirer, who speculate that it'll never come to market.
by nutball
Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:36 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Zalman ZM80-C on FX5900U: my experiences so far
Replies: 16
Views: 10224

Isn't 75C :!: a little too high for comfort? Why not just run your fan at 12V (assuming this is still quieter than stock nvidia cooler). If temps are too high, then why not get a 120mm fan over the fx5900u? Maybe it's just me, but if I paid $300+ (assuming 128mb) or $499 for a video card, 75degC se...
by nutball
Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:22 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Zalman ZM80-C on FX5900U: my experiences so far
Replies: 16
Views: 10224

Zalman ZM80-C on FX5900U: my experiences so far

Well, I installed the Zalman heat pipe effort on my FX5900 Ultra yesterday. My card is the Creative Labs 3D Blaster, the Ultra version. As far as I know this card is based on the reference retail design, so I'm guessing most other cards will be the same. Fitting wasn't too difficult, took about half...
by nutball
Tue Sep 02, 2003 3:40 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: which 120mm papst fan is this ?
Replies: 3
Views: 2232

Well maybe I'm misreading your post, but, if you've got the fan surely there's a model number written on it somewhere?
by nutball
Wed Apr 16, 2003 3:13 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Getting rid of a buzzing noise?
Replies: 10
Views: 7184

Scrolling a window will generate quite a stream of redraw requests and if the window contents are reasonably complex I can see how it might cause quite a bit of CPU load.
by nutball
Mon Apr 14, 2003 11:30 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: AMD Athlon XP Thoroughbred Temperatures? (are they low?)
Replies: 21
Views: 10765

My 2000XP+ runs at 50 degrees idle, sometimes up to 64 under load. This is the Zalman copper flower HSF thingy with the fan turned to its slowest setting, on an MSI K7N420 board.
by nutball
Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:57 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Getting rid of a buzzing noise?
Replies: 10
Views: 7184

I haven't worked out where the noise is coming from. It might be the motherboard, or it could be my power supply. I didn't have this experience with the same power supply before swapping motherboards though. Hmmm. :?
by nutball
Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:37 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Getting rid of a buzzing noise?
Replies: 10
Views: 7184

An ASUS A7N8X (nforce2), I actually wish I hadn't bought this thing. Hmmm. I have an MSI K7N420 (also a nForce board), and I find I get a sort of high-pitched buzzing/whistling when the case temperature rises. The noise comes and goes when I move the cursor from window to window on the desktop. I w...
by nutball
Sun Apr 13, 2003 12:00 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Getting rid of a buzzing noise?
Replies: 10
Views: 7184

What mobo do you have?
by nutball
Thu Apr 10, 2003 7:19 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: How noisey are IBM/Hitachi Microdrives?
Replies: 16
Views: 6643

The performance might be interesting. I doubt these things are particularly fast.