Recent content by Echo42

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    System won't post with 4 sticks of ram

    So I'm building a new machine for my office, Gigabyte M61PM-S2 motherboard. has 4x DDRII ram slots. I purchased 2 sets of matched pair 1g Corsair ram (listed as supported by Gigabytes website). When i put in ram pair 1, sticks A+B, everything posts just fine. If i add in pair 2 stick A...
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    How do you keep the wires in your case out of the way?

    ive always been a fan of the wire harness thingies that have sticky on one side and a little hole on the other. Those + zip ties and you=teh winnar! If you buy factory rounded cables their is a MUCH smaller chance of data corruption. Also, if you use the ata66/100 cables they bend origami...
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    Fanless PC. Is it feasible?

    << You could water cool everything and have a remote pump. >> with watercooling you still generally have at least a couple small fans on the radiator...so unless you did that external....and that could get ugly...
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    Fanless PC. Is it feasible?

    you can...just gotta work at it...i have a Dell Optiplex GX150 at work.........i can hardly tell the things on....its got an 80mm on the inside ducted across the p3-933 cpu and a small fan in the psu....silent as heck...
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    Case LCD Panel

    MatrixOrbital.com might have something for you to use...check them out.
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    HELP - Case wont support Slot 1's.. BUT I can move the powersupply.

    theoretically you wont have an issue ;) Try it out, you'll find out quickly if its not working. and if its not working, it should just cause system instability, not permanently kill anything
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    Lian Li Case Mod

    its just a side panel for a PC-65....see if any UK stores stock Lian Li and ask if they can order the door for a pc-65
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    My Latest Mod

    Most you guys here prolly dont know me that well :-p im one of them scary hardcore type modder people...i get cases, mod them, and just leave them modded, no system. Im always trying new stuff (Though it doesnt always work totally, ie my Stealth Baybus). But i currently am working on a very...
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    cutting the perfect hole?

    get a hole saw ;) generally the saw size will be a couple MM less than the fan size...works great :) Make sure you use cutting oil though. You can use it to straight thru the metal if ya want.
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    will adding these fans fry my motherboard headers?

    for one, power supply has nothing to do with how much the mobo can draw thru those headers. secondly, it sounds like they SHOULD be ok...but you always try stuff at your own risk ;) worst things that gonna happen is you wont be able to use the header anymore for powering fans....ive never...
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    My Modded Cases

    Yea, the vinyl dye is NICE stuff, im gonna have an article up on it saturday, check out the OCIA Mod Squad on saturday for the article on it.
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    My first build...

    I would put at LEAST one fan sucking in and one blowing out....no less.....
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    My Modded Cases

    too bloody many hours into it :-P The painting on the first one was done by a friend of mine @ an auto body shop, so i gotta give him full props for that ;) the chrome molding can be had at most automotive stores, mine came from Pepboys. Its called "Car Door Edge Molding" like $4 for 4...
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    My Modded Cases

    Well, since i havent really ever done an OFFICIAL post of my work, and people seem interested in them, here we go :D Poseidon, the water cooled, painted PC Power & Cooling Steel tower List Of Mods: LARGE window w/chrome molding Blacklight Tubes x2 Leufken Water Cooler w/glowing water/tubes...
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    Marble Case Look

    << Holy crap, echobase is yours? Did I just see you on The Screensavers not too long ago? >> Echo base would belong to Echo_42, yes ;) you prolly also saw Poseidon on there. And yes, I was on the Screen savers 9-25-01, re aired last week sometime :-P BTW, I fixed that first link, my bad