Recent content by meimeiriver

Okay, now a serious question. I watched a movie with it tonight. And one thing I noticed, as I had connected it to my laptop, is that, compared to the laptop screen, the color temperature appears a bit off. As in: too warm. I know it has a blue temp option, but that just makes things, well...

Yes! If only every monitor had a silver lining. :) It looks mighty shiny next to my Antec P182 SE (with mirror pollish) and DiNovo Edge keyboard.

Oops. My bad. I guess I read the table wrong, what with the shifted heading and all.

Say what?? No 1080p support on DVI? I just bought this monitor a few days ago; and I'm gonna be mightily sore when I plug in my soon-to-arrive 8800GTX, and this monitor won't do 1080p.

I think the subject title pretty much says it all: does the ASUS Commando motherboard support nVidia's 7950GX2 card? The reason I ask is that the Commando does not support SLI (at least not using two slots); but the 7950GX2 is, after a fashion, a kind of SLI-in-one card (presumably running at...

You have some of the mosfet BGAs mounted sideways?? Why? And some of the mosfets don't seem to be covered at all. I'm confused.

Just out out of curiosity, what brand are those? I may need them too, for the second row (thinking of the Thermalright HR 09 for the first row). I never understand, though, how those mini sinks stick onto them. Must be some die-hard heat-resistent adhesive you're using. :)

I know. Same deal as on the Commando. I find it quite incomprehensible that ASUS "forgot" to add a heatsink for the second. Well, on the P5B-D, at least, you can add the heatsink of an A8N-SLI; on the Commando that's not possible, for the second row, as it's longer, and the mosfets are placed...

Looks like you just snapped off the heatpipes at the NB junction, no? Interestingly I see you're not cooling the second row of mosfets, either.

If you meant me, I think I'll go for the A8N-SLI hack; or get the latest coolness which is the Thermalright mosfet sink HR 09 (if I can order it here, that is). Edit: I may even rig a memory cooler on the mosfets. :) Like this one:

Thanks. I'll see if I can contact them.

Well, I really think you do. Just because them mosfets don't immediately pop, doesn't mean it's healthy to run without. At any rate, I have the Titan Amanda TEC/air cooler, so there's no airflow over the mosfets to begin with.

The real issue with these boards (I have a Commando myself) is that cooling of the mosfets. Those heatpipes come right off, no problemo. And I put two Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II, on the north- and southbridge. But then the mosfets are no longer cooled. I heard one could place the heatsinks...

Nope, didn't know that. But that's pretty f-ed up. Oh well, it's coming off anyway. I'm thinking of placing two Thermalright HR-09U/HR-09S sinks. And then add 2 Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II Coolers, one for the Northbridge, and one for the Southbridge as well. Or go the watercooling route. I'm...

I'd really like to know this, too. I have the Commando as well, and am near desperately looking for mosfet cooling for this board. Odd enough as it is, ASUS hasn't even bothered to mount a heatsink over the second set of mosfets (to the right of the cpu). I mean, what's the point of just...