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by Chang
Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:39 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermalright SI-97A for both K7 & K8!
Replies: 100
Views: 46397

Weight is one aspect, but with a tall HS+fan that have the center of mass further away from the mobo you get a lot of bending even if it's lighter than a 7000Cu. Theoretically it's only the momentum (not weight, at least not for hole mounted ones) that everyone fears, but I don't think all of us un...
by Chang
Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:48 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: How to measure VGA temperature?
Replies: 16
Views: 7232

It should be the LM63 chip you're looking for. It ought to be located in the same place as on the 9600XT's.
by Chang
Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:39 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Are you sure all Athlon XP-M CPUs will fit in socket A?
Replies: 3
Views: 1764

The OPN from that page (AXMD1400FQQ3B) is a 1200 MHz 35W Socket-A T-Bred that runs off 1.45V. And to clarify, that 1800 for uPGA mobiles is the frequency, not model number. The best way to be sure for K7 processors is to check the OPN -- if the first letter after the model number is E or G, it's a u...
by Chang
Wed Oct 13, 2004 5:01 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: external/mobile storage: SATA->Firewire
Replies: 9
Views: 3515

What you're looking for does exist, but I don't know what your availability will be like. . . Take a look at this site . There's the enclosure you're looking for and also a SATA-IDE converter that you could probably hook onto your 3.5" drive and throw it all inside a IDE-firewire 5.25" enclosure. Ac...
by Chang
Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:46 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: aerocool ht-101
Replies: 75
Views: 31577

I'd try blowing it into the PSU first. That's how I had it in my case before I just removed the shroud entirely and went without the HSF.
by Chang
Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:21 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Aerocool HT-101.....fake copper?
Replies: 17
Views: 8542

But again, the cost for anodizing the surfaces for 31 extremely thin and separate sheets of aluminum must be more the cost difference in material. Since I suspect you'd have to anodize each fin individually (since punching them out would reveal the true material), not only are you paying more to ano...
by Chang
Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:33 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Correcting CPU diode temp reporting inaccuracies
Replies: 63
Views: 53817

Unfortunately, in the university I had a VERY picky professor who introduced us into technical drawing and I've become perceptive of small curvatures. And this line had a very slight curvature. So I tried a polynomial trendline to see what I would get. While perfect fits are good for technical draw...
by Chang
Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:47 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Aerocool HT-101.....fake copper?
Replies: 17
Views: 8542

I did see one review that noted that the "lower fin section" was aluminum. This shouldn't be too surprising seeing how it's there to hold the clip down, not to add surface area to the HS. That there's no thermal compound (nor instructions to put thermal compound there), should suggest its lack of im...