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Recent content by Mach42

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    Why Does My Fan Speed Up?

    Yes, it's a very high pitched whine. Remember how CRT monitors sometimes had a whine? It's just an EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE sound like a mosquito makes.
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    Coolermaster 690 questions

    Strapping a second fan into the front drive bays really helps with two things. First, it greatly increases the airflow that your memory gets, especially if you use a tower-style heatpipe cooler that blows to the rear of the case. If you're overclocking your memory, doing this can negate the...
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    Best way to power multiple fans?

    All fans on a 4-pin molex cable is fine. Don't daisychain a bunch of fans of of a motherboard fan header and you'll be ok.
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    wolfdale 3.0ghz + tuniq tower = 41C idle?

    That sounds relatively high for an E8400@3.0 with a Tuniq. What are your ambient temperature (room temperature)? You are still well within safe temperatures, however.
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    Q6600 for long-term use?

    In addition to the fact that you can upgrade to 16Gb of ram with the P45 vs 8Gb with P35.
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    My 690

    The second fan is behind the front face, so I assume that it's either ziptied to the drive cage or the OP made some sort of bracket for it. I love this case too!
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    Is my Q6600 too hot? Speedfan readings

    Wow, you need to reseat that cooler stat.
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    Round floppy cables

    My old rounded cables worked for both. The nice looking end sheath doesn't actually attach to anything, so it's really a 90 degree angle. The cable/connector junction can be bent, however. They're just like regular flat cables.
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    Is my Q6600 too hot? Speedfan readings

    Core is actually the GPU core temperature. Check with Rivatuner or something. It's not the Tjunction.
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    How high can I go on my Q6600?

    Use soapy water. It helps them slide out easier.
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    Galaxy Gives it Away!

    Thank you Galaxy! I'm in.
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    IP35 Pro - C1 Error (memory)

    My IP35 Pro 1.1 chewed through a set of Crucial Ballistix as well. I switched to GSkill and have had no problems for 7 months. I wonder if it's the fault of the motherboard not liking Ballistix or if it's the classic and relatively common case of Ballistix failure.
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    Stress testing question

    Try them all. Sometimes you can pass one program but another one fails.
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    New CM 690 - Which fans/mods?

    Load that thing up with fans and cut out the stamped metal grills on the top and rear fan slots. Then get a dremel and remove the plastic grilling on the top and front. That'll reduce restriction and improve airflow.
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    Can I feed my PC Dry Ice?

    I don't think that it's a reality unless you plan on making a shelf somewhere near an air intake and just setting a large chunk on there letting it cool the air as it comes in. It's way too much trouble to use dry ice directly on a daily basis. I suppose if you had a watercooling setup, you...
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