Any ideas? I'm living in China, btw, so it could be that the wiring is poor (though I had no problems at my other apartment, and this one is even newer).
~EnDarkEnd
I recently moved to another apartment so I just get my laptop set up, plug everything in, flip the switch on my external hard drive (which was working perfectly before) but instead of spinning up to a reassuring click and steady blue glow, it starts spinning up and back down again with the led...
Thanks for the suggestions guys -- I think I'll try removing the rear grating first, and if that doesn't help enough, see what I can do as far as a low-profile mod to the front goes.
Windows is on the machine right now, and it seems to be running fine through the vaious installation processes...
Tried that, and it keeps it around the same as when I had the cover off with the fan on it (~50C idle). I don't think they'll really be wanting to keep a fan trained on it at all times, though...
I think I'm gonna just go ahead with installing windows and hope it stays stable. Maybe I can...
wisdomtooth:
I tried removing the 3.5 in faceplate, but didn't really see any change in temps (maybe 1 degree lower)
jose:
I've got DVD burner, 7200 rpm hdd, and a Radeon 9200 PCI vid card in -- that's all. If I were to return the prescott to Newegg, do you think they'd be able to get...
Ok, I pulled the case off and aimed a 10 inch table fan at it -- the system temps have dropped to ~30C, and the CPU temp is hovering around 49C. I'm not sure how I could go about adding airflow to the case itself, as it's very small, and my friend is adverse to any extreme modding... Any ideas...
I just built a SFF box (Shuttle ST62K "Zen") for a friend of mine who will be taking it back to Japan with them in a week. They don't do much gaming or any overclocking, so I thought it would be fine just to use the sticky, white thermal compound that came with Shuttle's I.C.E. heatpipe cooling...
Well, I did as you suggested and cleaned it with and eraser and alcahol, and now it works! It didn't seem very dirty at all, despite its age, but it must have been just enough to keep it from making a good connection.
Thanks!
~EnDarkEnd
Well, I was tested a GeForce FX 5200 PCI card just to make sure it gave a signal (I entered the BIOS right away and then shut it down) -- and now the old AGP card (a Radeon 7200 VIVO) no longer gives a signal; I just get the long and two short beeps of a video error code.
I really don't...
Has anyone tried these with a cheap-o mouse pad? In most of the reviews I see, the reviewer tries 'em out with a Ratpadz or Everglide or something similar. I'm currently using a cloth Fellowes pad that I picked up somewhere for a few bucks, and am wondering whether I should upgrade to a better...
I recently switched to Windows XP Pro (from Windows 2000) and can't stand having to drag my Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 all over my mouse pad in order to get anywhere on my 19" monitor. The slider in the mouse control panel is set to the fastest setting, but it's still nowhere near as fast as it...
Well, even though I'd double checked all connections and seatings, I decided to pull each part out one by one and reconnect everything. It turned out to be the vid card. I guess it wasn't quite in all the way or something... Anyway, I'm glad it was nothing too serious. :)
~EnDarkEnd
I just built a new system for my parents using the Shuttle AK35GT2... and it won't post. The screen remains completely blank when I hit the power. The post code it gives is one long beep followed by two short, quick beeps. I have no idea what this means, since they neglected to include post code...
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