Recent content by NStriker

Wow. Looks like I just had a really bad seating of the water block. I reset it and used some ACII I've had laying around for years, and it's topping out at 46-48°C under Prime95. Sure, it's no Cascade setup (which must have cost you), but this is much better than a moment ago. -NStriker

Well, I suppose it depends on what you consider "full load." 100% CPU usage by Super Pi only gets me to 46°C. SETI@Home goes to 46-49°C. But Prime 95 torture test set to use In-place large FFTs for max power consumption and heat gets me 56-59°C. That's all from MBM. The readout from the thermal...

I'm not real worried about the board sagging with the Koolance block. It doesn't use the regular heatsink bracket most A64 heatsinks use, and it won't screw down tighter than need be because it's got built in slippage when it gets to a certain point. I had that puppy clamped to a P4 for just...

I've got an MSI K8N Plat and a 3200 DTR and while I haven't gotten to a solid overclock point yet (haven't had time to mess with it), here's what I've figured out: CPU multi and vCore - Yes, it does default to the 4x multiplier and, for me anyway, setting it to 10x in the BIOS will cause a no...

After much struggling with my new MSI K8N I've been able to verify that the nForce IDE drivers (4.15 & 4.12 anyway) do not get along with SATA converters. Well, more specifically my Highpoint Rockethead 100s. The only way Windows 2K or XP will even boot is if the nForce IDE drivers are not...

Did you ever find a good piece of software for your servers?

Well, it looks like the IDE thing only helped with getting Win2K's install not to lock up and to see the array. That'd be great, if all my info weren't in a Ghost image. Ghost's knowledgebase says it doesn't support RAID. Great. It imaged it off the old controller with no problem. I guess...

If anyone cares, I have an update. Seems that, for some reason, the RAID functions oddly when using the SATA converters. Pluging the drives directly into the IDE ports works. Hopefully I can move them back to SATA after I have Win2K up and running, because I don't want my CD-RW and DVD on the...

I'm having some difficulty with my latest upgrade. I grabbed myself an MSI K8N Neo Platinum and an Athlon 64 DTR (wanted to be sure to get the CG revision core and no heat spreder for better cooling ). It all went together pretty well after a modification to the backplate to allow my Koolance...

Well, I realized I had a Volcano 7 sitting around that I had meant to use on past system, and that its fan would work great for exhaust. Thermal-regulated speed and everything. So, I popped out a few of the metal punch-outs on the back of the case (meant for AT era parallel and serial ports, I...

Thanks for the suggestion. I may just do that Monday. Or tomorrow, if I get motivated and Intel's support offices are open. Of course, that'd leave me without a CPU. I haven't got a spare. Oh, well... Sorry. I ran out of tin foil when I was trying to make the little basket to cook in on top of...

The CPU has a sSpec number of SL63X and a pack date of 2/11/02 (says the box, anyway), if that means anything to anyone...

This is my case here. Is has spots for exhaust fans, but they're up above the darn PSU. Not exactly a useful place for them. There are vents along the side panels for passive ventilation, not that they seem to be doing much. Heck, I just took the side off and it lowered the temp somewhat. Maybe...

(A few minutes later...) I've been running Prime95 to see how this sucker will heat up now. Still running at stock speeds and it's hit 36° case temp and 57° on the CPU. Still climbing bit by bit. It's really not that warm in my apartment (it's a basement place), so... This is all CPU heat...

Yeah, the heatsink seems to be solidly on there and I'm using AS2 on it. As thin a layer I could get while still fully covering the heat spreader on the CPU. Though that stuff has some sort of set-up time before it's fully effective, doesn't it? I've checked temps in the BIOS, MBM5, and Winbond...