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Silent-PC · Group for exchanging experiences related to silent personal computers

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  • Category: Systems
  • Founded: May 29, 2000
  • Language: English
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1 Hrvoje Nezic
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Jun 25, 2000
7:36 am
Dear list members, This is the first message on the Silent-PC mailing list. After I created this list I was waiting some time to allow people to join. Every...
2 Hrvoje Nezic
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Jun 28, 2000
8:30 am
Scenic xS For the comparative test, the German-Japanese computer giant submitted a design solution with the emphasis on good ergonomics, in the shape of its...
3 Hrvoje Nezic
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Jun 28, 2000
9:15 am
I forgot to include URLs in the previous message: http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/en/aboutus/doc/scenicxs_pc_prof_5_2000.doc ...
4 Tomas Risberg
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Jun 28, 2000
8:21 pm
... design ... These are interesting facts, but it's not that impressing. Both the LapPower Whisper System and the recently introduced CapTech Decibel are much...
5 Hrvoje Nezic
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Jun 30, 2000
9:14 am
... This is really impressing, but unfortunately, Whisper and Decibel computers are available only in Sweden. (Oh, you lucky Swedes :) ). ... I don't know,...
6 David Staudacher
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Jul 1, 2000
2:55 pm
[received the following message from Vicky Parra of Noise Pollution Clearinghouse <npc@...> about an M.I.T. site on Quiet and Silent PC's. -DS] ... ...
7 Thomas Grov
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Jul 3, 2000
6:55 am
This is my first post to the list. I am building a silent computer for my brother sometime within a month or so (Project 'Shhh') and thought I would post my...
8 Allan Toombs
organic_acid@... Send Email
Jul 3, 2000
6:25 pm
Good questions Thomas, your idea is a sound one but needs your to experiment cautiously to get things right. I've seen most of the Intel Slot chips running...
9 Glenn Garrett
glenn@... Send Email
Jul 3, 2000
8:13 pm
Hi Thomas I'm also striving toward a silent PC but as long as you've got a hard drive it's never going to happen! The only way to achieve total silence is to...
10 Tomas Risberg
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Jul 3, 2000
9:37 pm
... As I have got it the Whisper system sadly isn't available any more, since the Lap Power company has been put in to liquidation. Hopefully someone wants to...
11 Thomas Grov
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Jul 5, 2000
12:17 pm
Thanks for all the help. I have abandoned the thought of making a fanless pc, but instead intend to use as quiet parts as possible (and since the computer is...
12 Terry Gray
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Jul 5, 2000
10:19 pm
... Glenn, I'm curious about this statement. Unless you are heavily into games or other multimedia, I would claim that a 100W power supply is more than...
13 Thomas Grov
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Jul 5, 2000
10:56 pm
... Very interesting project, but I don't think the 566 Celeron can be underclocked because of the clocklock. Only bus speed can be altered, and it's already...
14 Hrvoje Nezic
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Jul 6, 2000
7:08 am
... Yes, you were right, it is possible to order their PCs from other countries. Thanks for the suggestion! Regards, Hrvoje Nezic...
15 sami.rantala@... Send Email Jul 11, 2000
4:40 pm
Hi, Here's a thought about fan noise. We have this small fast and probably noisy fan on cpu. And we also have often extra case fan. Now can't we combine these...
16 Terry Gray
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Jul 11, 2000
6:01 pm
Sami, The latest ATX power supply spec is designed to encourage single-fan solutions. I've only seen one hobbyist case that takes advantage of it, however....
17 Terry Gray
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Jul 11, 2000
6:11 pm
... Thomas, I'm not sure (though lots of gamers like the Celery 566 because it is apparently easy to *over*clock it...) however, looking at the reference Glenn...
18 Sami Rantala
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Jul 12, 2000
9:43 am
Terry, I see one problem with the Fong Kai approach. They use the duct to pull out air. So they really aren't bringing the cold (relatively) air from outside...
19 Sami Rantala
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Jul 12, 2000
9:59 am
Hi, Does anyone know how effective different ways of silencing are? (Yes, I know: get silent power supply, fans and hd ;) For example, how much I can expect to...
20 Glenn Garrett
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Jul 12, 2000
5:17 pm
Hi Sami I don't know anyone who has obtained good results from lining the case with sound absorption material, although this may help if you have a case with a...
21 Glenn Garrett
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Jul 12, 2000
5:21 pm
*** Message re-sent without digital signature. My apologies that you received two copies, especially if the first one was unreadable. Hi Sami I don't know...
22 Sami Rantala
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Jul 21, 2000
2:21 pm
Has anyone experiense in water cooling? I've heard that it may be more silent (depending on the pump) than air cooling. For example one could build silencing...
23 silent-pc-list@... Send Email Jul 21, 2000
3:24 pm
Hi, ... I used the Senfu watercooling kit (reviewed on many overclockers websites by now) to replace the Cool-it Dude fan on my Athlon 700. It works just fine...
24 Allan Toombs
organic_acid@... Send Email
Jul 22, 2000
6:19 pm
Water cooling seems a bit OTT from my viewpoint. During the week I was thinking about how quality hi-fi has been dealing with cooling and noise for years and...
25 Allan Toombs
organic_acid@... Send Email
Jul 23, 2000
4:17 pm
Just been eyeing up the new A7V Duron motherboard from ASUS. It mentions a new feature called Auto Fan Off but gives no further details. Can anyone shed any...
26 Tomas Risberg
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Jul 23, 2000
9:20 pm
... It seems like the Calm System will use this solution. They say it will be available in September: http://www.cnssystem.com/product.html Regards, Tomas...
27 Shayne Lennox
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Jul 24, 2000
4:31 am
Hi Allan, ... This simply means the board will switch off the CPU fan when placed in suspend mode. Most ASUS boards have this feature, as do most Giga-Byte ...
28 Thomas Grov
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Jul 26, 2000
11:12 am
Hi I came over this link with a new atx case that is going to be manufactured... aluminum and made for being quiet and cool... ...
29 Sami Rantala
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Jul 27, 2000
1:00 pm
Hi Art, Have you tried it yet? How did it go? Sami ... shouldn't ... chassis. ... weekend....
30 Glenn Garrett
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Jul 30, 2000
7:47 am
Hi Terry Sorry it's taken so long for me to reply but I've been working on a project similar to the one you describe and thought it would be better until I had...
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