thank you for allowing me to participate. with thousands of posts to read, and learn from, i will be busy for the next couple of months. hopefully i will be...
Sonex professional acoustical sheets are in stock again at Mnpctech. I buy them direct from illbruck factory in Minnesota. 1 sheet of sonex mini measures 24" x...
My PC is so hot and loud it's driving me crazy! (It's in my bedroom and runs 24x7.) Any advice on how to quiet and cool the beast? If not, what you think of...
Does anyone know of a place where you can buy heatpipes now? I'm just about ready to build myself a pvr and quite frankly I was thinking to make the top of the...
I would like to help Rogue, but I have come to the conclusion that I am obsolete. ;-) Everything that I used to know is out of date, and I am unemployable. ...
... I don't find your system hot. 89°C doesn't seem that much for a gpu... First, do a diagnostic. What is loud ? I think your system could be silenced, you...
Overall, you have components that don't generate much heat. So, I would say it's more of a cooling issue than an excess heat issue, so going with a Pentium M...
Hello, Is it possible to put P4 mobile processor from laptop to desktop motherboard ? I have a broken laptop (irreparable damaged motherboard) but the ...
... Yes ! ... First you'll have to get rid of the problem of IHS absence : - put something 2mm thick between chip and HeatSink - lower the HeatThink as...
There are certain motherboard out their that will support the pentium m processor. You can search for it in newegg. If you are talking about just a P4 that...
Here's what I've done to quiet and cool my system: Moved everything into an Antec P160 case. As shipped, the P160 comes with one 120mm exhaust fan. I moved the...
I used to work for Compaq Mark. Years ago they told us a fair bit about the real basics of what was needed with the top class computers that were being made...
From: "John Paterson" <duroby@...> ... If I run into problems during the summer, I may have to do that. The P160 came with little silicone washers to...
Mark, that would be most generous of you to send the whichever monitor you consider is the better under Windows64. I think I would be looking at normal rubber...
From: "John Paterson" <duroby@...> ... www.markgwoodruff.com/everesthome220.exe Don't know if it will work under Windows64 though. If not, you can try...
Mark, this mob do not mention the operating systems they support... not exactly encouraging. Do you ever get the feeling that you are flying at the leading...
Have a look at Motherboard Monitor (http://www.3degs.net/) a good temp monitoring util, and PC Wizard (http://www.cpuid.org/) for hardwar info and diags - both...
Thank you Chris, I have downloaded the... I will give them a go. John ... From: Chris Swinney To: Silent-PC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:23...
I have seen earlier versions of CPU-Z, but this version knows all about my Gigabyte 64-bit machine. The really interesting thing about CPU-Z was in my 32-bit...
... Actually, I get that feeling every time I try a variation of Linux. Only CoLinux runs on my system. Every other one fails in a different way. Yet no one ...
Mark-- What is there about your system that is not standard? I have installed perhaps ten different distributions of Linux--many in multiple versions--on a...
Ah, Mark you see unlike David Neeley, you must not be a unix/Linux guru. But if you sit at the feet of a guru for some weeks/months/years you too will...
Actually I've written filesystems, device drivers, and other programs for AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris. Oh, and I helped optimize a ray tracing program for a VAX...
First, I am by no means a guru--simply a Linux user. Second, there is no doubt whatsoever that hardware detection in Linux has improved markedly over the last...
Before this turns into a flame war, let me point out [rant on] that problems with command line interfaces, and simple solutions to make them more user...
sounds like a laptop to me... $500 gets you 2+ ghz that's silent and energy-efficient "Having pointed that out, what can we do to ensure that the next...
Can you find me one that takes external SATA drives? ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the...