Recent content by Rising Phoenix

You are correct. I was just typing fast and not thinking. For full speed, just connect the fans to a main feed or to the motherboard. Here is a link to the same topic for BF2 about cooling and my testing of a theory: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=1612047...

I think I *might* know the problem with some of the video cards having problems. Might is the key word but I have been experimenting with the video cards, drivers, temps, etc and found something interesting. Just a theory but BF2 is pretty graphic heavy and because of this video cards are...

Will do, thanks Navid!

Just unplug the small 2 wire plug that runs from the PSU and bundle it up with the wires so it is out of the way. It will run like a normal PSU then. Also, plug the case fans into the available fan connectors on the motherboard. Hope this helps.

I will say that now my computer is very well cooled, I have been getting great FPS and long play on my ATI 9700 pro with all on high except AA. That is set on "None". Works sweet and without breaking a sweat now! I haveplayed the demo on both my ATI and my Leadtek 6800GT with no problems. The...

Well, in all this, I FINALLY found the problem...and it was a heating problem. BUT, it wasn't something I did. The Antec 430 TruePower PSU have a thermal power switch. When hooked up to the motherboard, it reads the temps off the board and itself and regulate the fan speed according to the need...

Thank you for your post and great info. Well, in all this, I FINALLY found the problem...and it was a heating problem. BUT, it wasn't something I did. The Antec 430 TruePower PSU have a thermal power switch. When hooked up to the motherboard, it reads the temps off the board and itself and...

This is interesting... I had to do the same as you. My Leadtek 6800GT went completely out. So, I RMA'd it. I did notice that the card was very warm - hot to the touch. My thought, "Must be the heatsink fan went out." So, in the time being, I reinstalled my old ATI 9700 Pro card. Now here's...

Tell me what you get and how cool you have your house. I keep mine at about 73F. BTW, has anyone else heard anything about battery backups messing up the stability of the power for the computer? I have heard about it but I didn't know if there was anybody else have real issues with is. I have...

On the contrary, my case temps have always been very low. (CPU at about 35C-45C full load and MB temps at 75F-85F full load) I have played and used the computer for many things and have left it on for days before, crunching numbers and doing burn in test for high end cards and 3D game...

Maybe this should be a whole thread on its own. My computer was doing great before BF2 demo was installed. Now, I had to RMA my new Leadtek 6800 GT I got in April. I am using my old ATI 9700 Pro now and it is crashing on BF2 and other games now. So, I have been doing some research and found some...