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4. April 2010 @ 21:06 |
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Newegg does not have your particular model then eh?
One of the reviewers said that he modded his led's to be green, like the rest of his case. I have nothing against blue :) Probably looks similar to the HAF932's Power and HDD led.
I also read that about the LED intensity being progressively brighter, depending on output voltage/Rpms ;)
I may just buy the black one. I'm probably gonna spray paint my 7200S optiarc Beige burner. It doesn't look right in my black case LOL!
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4. April 2010 @ 23:21 |
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Well...apparently running my Tuniq fan controller was unsuccessful. It's becoming more and more likely, that either the fan was fried in the process, or the header was fried. I get 0 Rpms from the bios, and multiple sensor programs. E.g. everest and speedfan. Speedfan acknowledges that fan 1 is 0 rpms, and everest thinks that my HDD cooler is the CPU fan. Kind of weird, but confirmed. It's a good thing for the Tuniqs super size physique, as well as the HAF932's superior cooling. Its actually doing fine without the fan running. Though I won't be doing any strenuous tasks til I get this figured...
I guess the 1900 slipstream is going in after all. I don't understand how this has happened. I actually went about this, what I thought to be the careful way. From what I can tell, there are 2 possibilities to hooking it up right. One of them is no doubt the wrong way. But I assumed my way to be the correct way. Unfortunately, the Tuniq manual gives no aid in running its own controller :(
What I did was run the 3 pin cpu fan connection, to a adapter. Which supplies red and black with a molex connection. Giving the red one a 12V connection. And I ran the remaining yellow connection to the CPU fan header. Giving the bios and windows its sensor. The Tuniq fan ALSO has a 2 pin, which obviously runs directly to the Tuniq fan controller. I ran it this way.
The only other way that it COULD be ran, is to give the main 3 pin connector to the CPU fan header(as usual), and give the Tuniq its required 2 pin. This seemed wrong to me. It seemed as though both board and controller would be fighting over control this way ;)
Did I miss some step? Should I have set something in the bios? In any case, it won't run normally now. Could the header on the board be dead now :( ???
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5. April 2010 @ 04:21 |
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I can be such a fool sometimes LOL! I went to install the 1900 slipstream, and discovered that I ran a wire THROUGH the Tuniq's fan. I imagine the look on my face was priceless, when I tugged on the fan to attempt to remove it! I saw the cases exhaust fans wire move, and was like Oh! And I'm thinking to myself that I probably fried the fan because of sheer stupidity LOL! Well...live and learn LOL! If I had had a 3pin extension cable, I wouldn't have ran into this mess. Neweggs somewhat of a pain to find good 3 pin cables too. I'm probably just looking in the wrong place though...
My new idle temp at 1600Rpms, appears to be 35-36C. I imagine the slipstream running at full 1900-2000 would be the same volume level, and do same or better job. I had it ran outside of the case, and didn't sound too loud at all. I may just run it soon. If only to see if it does a better job than the tuniq's stock fan ;)
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5. April 2010 @ 05:51 |
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Omega: It's voltage, not rpm, as it still lights up with nothing connected, and it also lights up with my white CCFL attached. I have no idea what was going on with the fan, but it sounds like you hooked it up in such a way that the rpm wire was isolated, so wouldn't be able to send a signal to the board. Also remember that the yellow wire only carries the rpm signal, it doesn't adjust the speed for you!
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5. April 2010 @ 06:51 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
I can be such a fool sometimes LOL! I went to install the 1900 slipstream, and discovered that I ran a wire THROUGH the Tuniq's fan. I imagine the look on my face was priceless, when I tugged on the fan to attempt to remove it! I saw the cases exhaust fans wire move, and was like Oh! And I'm thinking to myself that I probably fried the fan because of sheer stupidity LOL! Well...live and learn LOL! If I had had a 3pin extension cable, I wouldn't have ran into this mess. Neweggs somewhat of a pain to find good 3 pin cables too. I'm probably just looking in the wrong place though...
My new idle temp at 1600Rpms, appears to be 35-36C. I imagine the slipstream running at full 1900-2000 would be the same volume level, and do same or better job. I had it ran outside of the case, and didn't sound too loud at all. I may just run it soon. If only to see if it does a better job than the tuniq's stock fan ;)
Oman7,
No way on the first one. That puppy is loud! The 80mm I have on the cover is the same CFM as your 120. 1200-3600 rpm. It sounds like a frenzied Bee on Steroids! It screams and buzzes. I can't stay in the room, it hurts my ears! Thankfully, it runs at a more sensible (and quiet) 1200 rpm.
BTW, how did you wind up needing an extension for the 3 wire on one of your fans? The wires on the Silverstone and Scythe fans I have, are plenty long. My rear fan get's it's power from the Power fan header on the front edge of the motherboard. I can't imagine needing more length than that.
Russ
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5. April 2010 @ 13:07 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Omega: It's voltage, not rpm, as it still lights up with nothing connected, and it also lights up with my white CCFL attached. I have no idea what was going on with the fan, but it sounds like you hooked it up in such a way that the rpm wire was isolated, so wouldn't be able to send a signal to the board. Also remember that the yellow wire only carries the rpm signal, it doesn't adjust the speed for you!
I had a feeling about that. That's why I figured it NEEDS to be on the mobo. Good thing I got everything sorted. As silly as the screw up was LOL!
Russ, what are you talking about loud? None of my current fans are loud, by any means. Unless I crank the tuniq to max 2100. That's a bit much!
Apparently, by having a wire blocking the fan blades, there was no signal...
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5. April 2010 @ 21:27 |
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Is the phenom II X6 (6 cores) is coming out soon?
i read there's gonna be a Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition for $299.99 and the Phenom II X6 1055T for $204
Done out of Here!
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5. April 2010 @ 21:33 |
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IICR its out, no?
im anticipating bulldozer! that sounds like it will raped the i7s. and hopefully the sandybridge, so i can swtich to AMD. i want to try the dark side :P :D
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5. April 2010 @ 22:39 |
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5. April 2010 @ 23:11 |
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wow the phenom II X6 looks really good. i may have to make my return back to AMD soon.
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6. April 2010 @ 01:06 |
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6. April 2010 @ 01:33 |
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Can't wait to play with AMD's new stuff ;) Unfortunately, I may have to. I have two quad core machines. To say that isn't enough, is ridiculous LOL! But then, BluRay encodes, have the ability to bring even a quad to its knees. Sounds like a Job for...Superman! LOL! Oh, I mean Bulldozer :D
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6. April 2010 @ 12:26 |
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Does the 6 core support 790FX or do I need to go to a new platform to use it? Maybe I can get by with a BIOS update? Unless there is something tremendously compelling about said new platform... =/
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6. April 2010 @ 12:40 |
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I would imagine a bios update would be all that's needed. That's no doubt a fact, with my secondaries board. Supposedly supports AM3 chips. It really depends on Gigabyte. In your case, it depends on DFI ;)
I have a 2001 Asus board, and put a CPU in it that was NOT supported. It actually started up, and ran. But programs like CPU-Z were confused. If the socket matches the CPU, it generally will be compatible. But the board needs to be taught what to do with it. Wish I had some programming skills. I could probably make that thoroughbred compatible in that old asus board :D Since its an overclocking cpu, it could be a fun task one day ;)
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6. April 2010 @ 15:15 |
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On another note, My primary system is now running at a lower temperature while encoding, than it did idling before :) Very pleased! Although the Tuniq fan is running at a constant 1750Rpms! It's bearable. Though I'd like to see how the Slipstream compares...
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6. April 2010 @ 16:58 |
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My secondary PC blue screened 3 times in under 24 hours. The 3rd time was an attempt to force the blue screen. It worked. I ran Prime 95, and it BSOD'd in under 4 minutes. I brought my Overclock back to stock settings. It's been running for 13 minutes without fail. I wonder if the PSU is going. I ran memtest for 90 minutes. Zero errors. I have always wondered about the PSU. Especially when I attempted to go beyond 3.5Ghz. Since its Dual sli capable, I've always thought it a B grade PSU. But now it may be dieing. The only way to know for sure, is get yet another PSU. This time, get my primary a Nearly future proof supply. One with serious potential. And give the secondary a hand me down 550W corsair. I guess I could run the Corsair in the secondary, and see how it fairs compared to the OCZ 700W. Wish I had more time...
Prime 95 has has now been running for 20+ minutes without fail. So its either a power issue, or a heat issue(Chipset or CPU).
Since I've been running Ripbot264 for hours and hours, its possible, that heat has effected either the PSU, or the Chipset?
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6. April 2010 @ 18:18 |
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I'm now leaning toward the OCZ 700W is failing. I just tried to boot the system, and it hung and started to give recovery options. I entertained the option. It could not recover. However, I heard a Optical drive restart itself twice during the process. Which suggests the HDD was not getting stable power either. Wonderful...
POWER INTERRUPTIONS! I'll play some more with it tonight, but I really think I have a bad PSU on my hands. Which could be ok. I want a different PROPER PSU for my primary anyway. I'm not even gonna deal with OCZ on this either. Somehow, I doubt they'll give me a refund, partial or full. So I'm done with them. There are better manufacturers :D
I believe this will be my replacement
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010
It has 12 Sata power connections. My dream come true LOL! 90% efficiency, 7 yr warranty. What more could I ask? EXCELLENT :D
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6. April 2010 @ 18:56 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
I would imagine a bios update would be all that's needed. That's no doubt a fact, with my secondaries board. Supposedly supports AM3 chips. It really depends on Gigabyte. In your case, it depends on DFI ;)
I have a 2001 Asus board, and put a CPU in it that was NOT supported. It actually started up, and ran. But programs like CPU-Z were confused. If the socket matches the CPU, it generally will be compatible. But the board needs to be taught what to do with it. Wish I had some programming skills. I could probably make that thoroughbred compatible in that old asus board :D Since its an overclocking cpu, it could be a fun task one day ;)
oman7,
No offense, but that was an incredibly bone-headed thing to do, especially if the CPU is an AM3. Even more so if the motherboard isn't AM3 ready. Just because you might have a socket AM2+, doesn't mean that you can put an AM3 CPU in it. One of the things you can wipe out is the DDR3 memory controller. Most AMD AM3 CPUs, have both DDR2 and DDR3 controllers. but there were a couple that were AM3 Only, and had no DDR2 memory controller built in. These have to be installed in a proper socket AM3/DDR3 motherboard. I wouldn't recommend trying that again, as you were very fortunate that it worked at all, and didn't render the CPU useless.
Best Regards,
Russ
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6. April 2010 @ 19:00 |
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it wouldnt surprise me, but it shoudlnt fail that badly, unless on load.
how long have you had the OCZ? you might aswell RMA it and sell the RMA.
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6. April 2010 @ 19:00 |
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LOL RUSS! No, no. The cpu was an old K6 Thoroughbred Athlon XP-Mobile. It was a total goof on my part. Long story. Yes, thankfully it didn't hurt something. But the processor is really similar to 2100 Palomino which ended up going in the board. I would never put an AM3 in such an old board :p And my Gigabyte board is an AM2+/AM3 board. That's what I meant by supporting AM3...
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6. April 2010 @ 19:03 |
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6. April 2010 @ 19:06 |
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6. April 2010 @ 19:14 |
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at first i was like WTF is month number 15, than i rememberd the american system lol. thats not even 2 years old, RMA that biatch!
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7. April 2010 @ 00:10 |
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I don't know what I was thinking buying that supply. Its only certification is SLI. No bronze, no silver, its not even 80% efficiency. Live and learn...
I probably will sell the replacement. If I'm lucky, maybe they won't have the exact replacement, and I'll get a better one :D
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7. April 2010 @ 03:42 |
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Although now, I don't think its the PSU. This certainly drove me up the wall, but now its running normally now. I cleared CMOS, disconnected a possibly defective HDD, and its been running smoothly, AND overclocked for over 30 minutes now. I even had it overclocked to 3.7 for a short time. Most stable I've seen it. The RAM doesn't like it though LOL! I have 4 modules in that particular PC...
I currently have the 940 running at just under 3.5Ghz, the Ram at 900Mhz(1066Ram DDR2), and the HT/NB at 2020Mhz. Smoothest I've seen in a while.
Its become apparent to me, that the 74Gb raptor is a lost cause. I Won't be using it for anything now. Much like my last VelociRaptor, I believe it to be intermittently dropping connection. Which is not good for the southbridge or OS for that matter. In fact, it wreaks havoc on both LOL! It is possible, that I simply have yet another wiring issue. If anyone has a way, to Benchmark a PSU, I'm all ears. I'll probably do some googling of my own, but any opinions are of course welcome. If I can find ANYTHING wrong with the PSU, I will RMA it in a heart beat! And probably sell the replacement. Perhaps even to an afterdawn user cheap. I'm a pretty nice guy. A few of you have dealt with me first hand ;)
I'm gonna encode a BD over night, and hope I don't start a fire LOL! If it survives the night, then it was probably the Raptor, or its sata cable. Its one of the red ones, so maybe it is the problem. A few people on afterdawn have suggested that red ones are of cheaply made quality. I do have some yellows laying around. I may yet give it another shot. But I would prefer a smaller PSU in that damn case first!
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