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It was installed on risers but to be sure I took it off and put it onto anti static plastic. Exactly the same issue. There is no voltage getting to the power jumpers either - not sure if there...

As I said the voltages all appear good on a multimeter but that won't show any problems with its ability to give enough power but 600w should be enough (assuming its not damaged) I'll test it on this...

The PSU fan is fine, I can't power on the mobo so I don't know about them. When the psu is connected to the mains but is not on I get the noise and it won't power on. Only a few things have power...

I've tried a multimeter and all the voltages seem ok, I don't have a psu testy thing.

I just put together a computer and tryied to start it up and there appears to be a problem. It won't start at all but the problem started earlier than that. On plugging in and turning on the PSU...

I've messed about with such things a little.

They wouldn't form acids. I'm fairly certain of this, if acids did form it would have to come from the mobo, you have hydrogen, halogens and carbon...

The compressor would be the whole unit lifted from a fridge so oil shouldn't be an issue but moving the intake down may well be worth it. A seal is quite possible with a welded steel frame with one...

Yea, just to add to bucko's advice use the hole saw on the plastic then put the case together, put the hole saw in the hole and give it a very short buzz. That will mark a circle exactly where you...

I was thinking again of all things cool and I was wandering why noone has ever, to my knowledge, tried this idea.

First a little background: phase change cooling, this basically means that a...

I pulled a bunch of sounds out of where the sun doesn't shine googled them and, apparently being the name of a belgian town there was enough stuff to hide in so I chose it.

Clean water won't attack aluminium much. The oxide layer protects it. If you're that worried attach a little magnesium to the aluminium as a sacrifical anode (it rusts instead) but thats...

Sorry that wasn't clear - I meant that once you had the LED/s functioning they would light and turn off at the same time regardless of whether you used a molex or the mobo jumper. It makes the mobo...

You get a voltage drop over a PN junction. If you wired all 20 in series and they were germanium (I can't remember what substrate they use) then the voltage dropped overcoming the barrier would be...

You couldn't wire 20 in series. The voltage drop each one gives (0.3 or 0.7 volts) would be far to huge before taking resistance into account. Did you mean parralel? As you say I wouldn't trust...

Is there any difference? When the computer comes on the molexes will be powered and fans will buzz - what is the purpose of the power LED?

I suppose I should stop being lazy and dig out the...

Short question:

Are there any advantages in using the power LED to turn on power LEDs over just butchering a molex? I'll be running a bit over 20 LEDs to show power. I could fiddle with a...

Does the power switch not have to be instantanious? That would be easy enough to overcome though.

And your multimeter dial is in an interesting position. Is that 138 ohms? Perhaps a little...

That would give best results.

A cheaper way to do it would be to print it onto sticky back paper or gummed paper with your printer (or a friends if you know someone with a decent one) then cut...

Cheers if you follow that closely enough you are unlikely to hurt anything because it will never get pushed that far.

Ntune isn't as bad as I said really. I had another play today (it rained) and...

Ummm... as far as I know never having used any of that equipment that should work unless you have the misfortune to have a component which doesn't like oc.

Just take it really really slow. If it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cluster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVMS

Yes. Another thing on the thngs to do list... Both have links. You might want to look up beowolf too.

Indeed be sure to mark the dodgey molex... But have you tried it in a computer with the PSU near its top power? Or maybe more near its bottom power. It would probably be fine but I think I'd stick...

Are you sure a PSU won't object to having current forced backwards though the 5V section?

Just a thought. If it had a diode your fan might just not work....

Part 4

Ok quite a while sonce I last updated but I have some progress. New heatpipes, new test, new solvent.

So the last heatpipes prove my point, but the results were totally wrong and they...

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

This monitors your system temperature (note - it may not be as accurite as the BIOS temps but it will give you a fair idea) among other things. Download it and...