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    Help, PWM fan on a non-standard HP 4-pin header?

    Well, results are in, guess I should've gotten the PWMs after all. Got the new fans, ended up snapping the locking tabs off the motherboard headers (half by accident), and... The 3-pin Noctuas work at full speed when plugged in. The original 4-pin CPU fan, however, does scale RPMs, which I...
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    Help, PWM fan on a non-standard HP 4-pin header?

    Well, I just switched tracks a little bit and ordered a pair of Noctua NF-A6 FLX units instead, these are 3-pin models meant for voltage control instead of PWM. They were the last two in stock, so I hit it. My rationale is I looked up both of the fans the HP came with, the AUB0612VH for the...
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    Help, PWM fan on a non-standard HP 4-pin header?

    It's not my picture, I just posted it because it shows the same connector key ridges layouts side by side, left is how the HP fan is, keys on either side, right's a regular PWM. I guess my main question is - ignoring the ridges, which I could just file off, would plugging a 4-pin PWM fan in a...
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    Help, PWM fan on a non-standard HP 4-pin header?

    I picked up an HP 8300 Elitedesk USDT, the really small one, but the chassis fan was broken out of the box and the front one's kinda noisy (both 60x25mm), so I'd like to replace both, but I'm having a problem... The fan headers on the motherboard are 4-pins but the plastic "lock" tab on them...
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    EVGA screwed up ACX on the 970.

    Thanks, man! Looks similar to this Asus 570, I think my MSI is supposed to be a bit quieter than that, but I assume there can't be that much of a gap. Between that, the statement from EVGA about the firmware, and the fact that the MSI 970 is a bit pricier, I might just take a chance and stick...
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    EVGA screwed up ACX on the 970.

    Guys, any idea just how loud we're talking about here? I've got one pre-ordered from Overclockers in the UK with a week to go still, but I'm really dreading the idea of going back to the vacuum cleaner that my 9800GT was back in the day. Apparently, "the EVGA one is 30dbA idle and 39 under...
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    Google Updates Gmail Compose and Reply Functions

    Hm... I can see his point, but I didn't really have a problem before either. I'd just middle-click the Inbox link while writing an e-mail and it would pop open in another tab.
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    Corrupted Windows, can't see installation in recovery interface. Any alternatives?

    Whelp, looks like the installation was beyond repair. So did a wipe and reinstall from scratch after all. A friend came down to help with flashing the drive firmware from 1.6 to 1.7, says OCZ had a problem in there that increased likelihood of corruption, then doing a secure erase "reset" of the...
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    Corrupted Windows, can't see installation in recovery interface. Any alternatives?

    Hey, thanks for the suggestions. The system's running at stock settings and I checked the RAM and went looking for malware the first time I had trouble with this drive. Ran check disc and the process did what little it could to no effect and Windows can't seem to repair its files with SFC...
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    Corrupted Windows, can't see installation in recovery interface. Any alternatives?

    Well, I can go for a few days without having to rely on my desktop, so if I do have any options to repair the install I'd like to give 'em a shot. Most programs aren't showing any problems, I've only had one crap out on me on account of the dnsapi.dll in system32, might as well try. On...
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    Corrupted Windows, can't see installation in recovery interface. Any alternatives?

    Definitely, that's what I'll be trying to do. Not sure how easy a time I'll have with that process, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. Thing is I'd like to first get the Windows installation back in full working order so I can then clone the drive onto another one, or something. If...
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    Corrupted Windows, can't see installation in recovery interface. Any alternatives?

    I'd set it to find and repair errors, it did seem to go through that. I kept the same drive, the problems were solved and it was a single bad cluster so I figured I'd keep an eye on it and hope for the best. It was barely three months old, too. I did monitor it for over a month afterwards and...
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    Corrupted Windows, can't see installation in recovery interface. Any alternatives?

    A while ago I posted about a cascade of problems I was having with my computer which turned out to be due to a bad cluster on my hard drive. Well now problems are back and it's hit pretty hard. I turned it on this morning before heading to work to be greeted by a message that my Windows...
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    help a noob choose a mobo and win a hug!

    That's very useful info, thanks! I was rather worried about it, and I was even considering whether this behaviour might run the risk of worsening or causing damage to other components in the long term. I suppose it's not that much of a bother if it's by design, adds some time to startup, but...
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    help a noob choose a mobo and win a hug!

    I've got the baseline Asus P8Z68-V and, while it plenty of ports and stuff, I'm not sure I can give it a solid recommendation at this point. Three things that keep me from it: 1. Enabling overclocking features, either through the auto Turbo preset in the BIOS or by manually toggling TPU...
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