Recent content by Rottnweim

Mine was ordered on the 9th, shipped on the 11th and recieved today (16th) on the west coast. No original box, but it does have the new smaller controller. All items look as new. Peeled of the 'refusbished' label on the bottom. Original manufacture date of 11-20-2001. Oh yeah, forgot to...

ok so i put together a new system for my dad...his old system was a 133MHz compaq presario. I copied his harddrive to a spare and brought it home where i put everything together... System posts ok. I bought a new maxtor 40gig 7200 rpm drive and began by copying the spare drive (the copy of my...

Well duh, I guess 100 IS a little high for my room temp! :o I just peeped the digital thermostat and it reads 92F...so I guess Im off by 10 degrees or so...my bad! (although my wife thinks it's like 85 in here...i think she is crazy though.) Yes the 7237 has removable doors....but since the...

My room temps here in hot california are about 100F (38C) and I dont know case temp. With the side of the case open (normally its closed) I can feel good cool airflow in from the front. I tucked the IDE cables to provide better fresh air flow. I would imagine exhaust is ok, though maybe since...

Update: I cut 2 "breather" holes (3 1/2") in the back of the desk behind the exhaust fans of both the power supply and rear fan. I can feel the airflow behind the desk....temps now down to 53C under load and and about 50C at idle. BUT it is a lot cooler here today than the...

Well I love this forum...Ive learned a LOT from all you guys out there! My dad wants to upgrade from a 133Mhz computer and has authorized 1500 dollars. This should include a 19" monitor, but he can reuse the keyboard and mouse. These are the parts im thinking of putting together...any...