Recent content by Dgephri

I found the same: the 9361 model lists 1GB memory, but my 9341 lists only the proc and no RAM spec. I suppose I can fire up the HP4320 in one slot, and the LSI in another and see what I think. then on to testing the expander. I will post my results...

I have an aging Highpoint 4320 with the HP SAS expander hooked up. I won the LSI 9341-8i at LAN. I can't find RAM amount on the LSI, but I am guessing on throughput alone the LSI can easily outperform the aging Highpoint. However, I can find no listing of tested expanders, nor verify if...

thx...I managed to finally figure out I had BOTH a bad 8087 cable AND a poorly compressed Molex on my power string. Ugh.

I recently went to switch my Norco 4220 from 12 up to 16 drives and couldn't get any other lanes to populate. Tried cable swaps, figured I must have a bad backplane, then I got a NEW Norco 4224, and still the same issue so I figure my HP SAS expander might/must have bad ports? What current...

over the weekend I hunkered down and worked towards getting the final top deck done: 1. Cardboard test layout - 2. then layout on my tape with sharpie using t-square 3. some scroll saw work 4. and on to cutting the intake airway I have quite a bit of smoothing and...

Thanks for the compliment, I am lucky and glad it went well! I had never done Fiberglass or CF work before, but I have a chum who does Aerospace stuff and manufacturing and he helped direct me a little. A.) all CF layers is way more expensive than Fiber for thickness and CF for rigidity...

got the new ThermalTake Toughpower Grand Platinum 700W installed for a trial run! It's white and I'm not sure I want to paint it. It's a bit bigger than the EVOBlue 2.0 was, but my placement still have enough to accomodate that. The fan doesn't spin! At least, not until it hits 40%...

got my replacement PSU from the kind folks at Thermaltake. Instead of the EVOBLUE 2.0 they sent a Grand Platinum 700W! Upside: 93% efficiency at my expected load Downside: White! PSU task list: 1. paint shell either black or candy apple red to tie in with CF/Kevlar 2. cut off all...

:) The LCD won't be INTEGRATED so much as ATTTACHABLE when in use. I am going to bond another CF/Kevlar sheet to the interior of the lid and bolt a double-joing LCD arm to it with a Quick-Release VESA plate on it. Step 1: roll into LAN Step 2: open lid Step 3: extend LCD arm Step 4...

I haven't put it all "together" with the pelican except to be sure it fit...trying to get the power issue resolved: something caused it to blackout a couple times during GuildGame Night much like WEI was crashing. I put my Kill-a-watt on it and at 400W +/- load in WEI it trips off. Not sure...

testing some games and the only thing NOT working right is WEI: it crashes about halfway through. I will get around to Steam games and running Tomb Raider and some newer games to see if I can stress the Titan or my PSU enough to replicate the WEI crash. Otherwise, all is good so far.

except for multi-GPU options there isn't much I need off a full sized ATX, so I wanted something small :)

thx! I finally got my bubbles settled out of the pump, drug my monitor, KB, Mouse, and external Optical out to install OS. Temps stable, looking at desktop usage core temps around 85-90F and GPU at 77F. I will start installing games and Steam shortly and watch temps as I run games and...

After seeing how badly Photobucket changed their linking method (it has been a while since I use the Thumbnail method) I reverted to full image code. Sorry to those whose were kind enough to suffer through all the windows opening with Photobucket garbage :( Last night I finished my...

oh, and I forgot! Why is this called "Pelican?" Because it's all going into one of these: