Recent content by BiteMe

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    KT7-R mother board require CPU fan plugged into MB

    First, the KT7 can put out more voltage than most motherboards. I don't know what fan you have, but it will run a Delta black label fine. Second, the latest bios is now WZ, which disables the fan 1 RPM protection by default. Try it.
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    Have any of you rounded 80 pin IDE cables? How did you do it?

    To everyone who keeps saying to use a very sharp knife to cut them, have you even tried a duller one? I've done 4 or 5 80 pin IDE cables with my pocket knife, which isn't all that sharp. Never nicked a wire, never had a problem. I did one with a razor blade, nicked the damned wires 4 times! I...
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    Chipset cooling question

    according to a review at www.fastgraphics.com which tennmax has a link to, the fan 6.2 CFM 24 dBA.
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    Rain (etc) ... do these programs really work?

    ok people, a little more info: all rain or other CPU idle programs do is issue the HLT instruction when the CPU is not in use, putting part of the processor into suspend. Therefore, if running a distributed computing app, it's useless since the processor is always in use. Also Linux, WinNT...
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    I got my Antec SX830 today.....and got a bonus!

    I just got mine from onvia, the second drive bay is in there just like the first, base is riveted in. Kind of wish it didn't, I may pull it out.
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    Anyone ever think of doing this?!?!

    www.teamawe.com They have L1As and M1As
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    abit kt7 raid and heatsink?

    Or better yet, don't go to tomshardware. He doesn't say anything about what fan is on the heatsinks and uses the on-board temp measurements, which are pretty inaccurate. I haven't seen a good heatsink comparison by a major hardware site yet.