Stephen Hart
2004-09-20 00:51:45 UTC
Hi Don,
In a msg of <13 Aug 04>, Spamthis!***@jksrv.Com wrote:
Sm> Long overdue here...
You're stealing one of my lines. <grin> Other than that, no problema.
Sm> resources out there. A couple of my favorites:
I don't think either water-cooling or overclocking CPUs will ever be
"my thing", but I'll check those URLs some time when I'm using
high-speed access. I always find it interesting to see what people on
the "bleeding edge of technology" are doing but, as you probably know,
browsing the web is not always fun on a dial-up connection.
Meanwhile, the strangest techy-type thing I've heard of recently was a
guy having trouble with interference from other LANs knocking him off
his home Wireless LAN being directed to "war driving" web sites for a
fix. (The fix apparently being his buying or building a directional
antenna.)
allow
Sm> one to monitor the vitals via software, and set off an alarm when there's
Sm> a problem. Fan speed, temperature, voltage levels... All hail Asus.
:-)
Aside from safety, those programs are also cool to look at when
they're new to you. Unfortunately, when I could no longer boot
Windows, I lost use of that software. I did download a Linux utility,
but I gave up after making a few "make file" changes, because I was at
the point where some serious RTFM seemed need. Fortunately, it seems
that (even without the software) the recent Asus BIOS itself monitors
CPU temperature and will shut down the computer if there's a heat
problem. All hail Asus, indeed!
Of course, that means that those cool-looking heat monitoring programs
are really just unneeded window dressing. <wry.grin>
Sm> That being said however, I feel obligated to mention that neither of
the
Sm> three systems in here have any such software or capabilities. Can't
Hmmmmmmm. I guess that means the BIOS wouldn't have it either.
Sm> "stealth" fan here which has been pleasantly quiet since April so far.
I should dissect my bottom-of-the-line unit and see what type of
bearings were used, if any.
Sm> Try as I might, but all I can find out about "Goda" via Googling is
more
Sm> of the same, as well as hit on the home pages of a few people with the
Sm> name of Goda.
Ack. One more online mystery. <g>
Sm> participating in Fidonet as well. Then again though, I think I watch
a
Sm> whole five newsgroups including this one, and the activity level in
the
Sm> other four is rather low.
The other four are low? What's this? <wry.grin> Moving right along
to other things, I hope you're still occasionally checking
alt.moose.rights for "gated" MooseChat messages. Not that there's too
much going on there, either.
Darn. Maybe we've all "found a life" or something?
TTYL, ...Steve
-
I bought some batteries, but they weren't included.
In a msg of <13 Aug 04>, Spamthis!***@jksrv.Com wrote:
Sm> Long overdue here...
You're stealing one of my lines. <grin> Other than that, no problema.
What with water cooling CPUs becoming more popular with adventuresome
folks, I suppose there are already quite a few newsgroup articles and
webfolks, I suppose there are already quite a few newsgroup articles and
pages on the topic?
Sm> I haven't yet explored newsgroups, but there is a boatload of good webSm> resources out there. A couple of my favorites:
I don't think either water-cooling or overclocking CPUs will ever be
"my thing", but I'll check those URLs some time when I'm using
high-speed access. I always find it interesting to see what people on
the "bleeding edge of technology" are doing but, as you probably know,
browsing the web is not always fun on a dial-up connection.
Meanwhile, the strangest techy-type thing I've heard of recently was a
guy having trouble with interference from other LANs knocking him off
his home Wireless LAN being directed to "war driving" web sites for a
fix. (The fix apparently being his buying or building a directional
antenna.)
When I was running computers 24/7, I was also replacing CPU fans on a
regular basis. So, I was fairly surprised with my Pentium II desktop
Sm> For that very reason, I tend to look for mainboards these days whichregular basis. So, I was fairly surprised with my Pentium II desktop
allow
Sm> one to monitor the vitals via software, and set off an alarm when there's
Sm> a problem. Fan speed, temperature, voltage levels... All hail Asus.
:-)
Aside from safety, those programs are also cool to look at when
they're new to you. Unfortunately, when I could no longer boot
Windows, I lost use of that software. I did download a Linux utility,
but I gave up after making a few "make file" changes, because I was at
the point where some serious RTFM seemed need. Fortunately, it seems
that (even without the software) the recent Asus BIOS itself monitors
CPU temperature and will shut down the computer if there's a heat
problem. All hail Asus, indeed!
Of course, that means that those cool-looking heat monitoring programs
are really just unneeded window dressing. <wry.grin>
Sm> That being said however, I feel obligated to mention that neither of
the
Sm> three systems in here have any such software or capabilities. Can't
Hmmmmmmm. I guess that means the BIOS wouldn't have it either.
'Course the Vantec "AeroFlow" heat sink fan that became exceedingly noisy
after only thirty hours use over five days was pretty much just beyond
belief...
Sm> That is a bit much, yes. For what it's worth though I have a 12cm Vantecafter only thirty hours use over five days was pretty much just beyond
belief...
Sm> "stealth" fan here which has been pleasantly quiet since April so far.
I should dissect my bottom-of-the-line unit and see what type of
bearings were used, if any.
Sm> Try as I might, but all I can find out about "Goda" via Googling is
more
Sm> of the same, as well as hit on the home pages of a few people with the
Sm> name of Goda.
Ack. One more online mystery. <g>
nostalgic for the good old days when I always checked every message I
read for an interesting tagline I could "borrow". Somehow, most of the
UseNet newsgroup "sig lines" just do not grab my interest as much as
theread for an interesting tagline I could "borrow". Somehow, most of the
UseNet newsgroup "sig lines" just do not grab my interest as much as
FidoNet taglines did.
Sm> I must admit that most of mine are leeched from one's I stole whileSm> participating in Fidonet as well. Then again though, I think I watch
a
Sm> whole five newsgroups including this one, and the activity level in
the
Sm> other four is rather low.
The other four are low? What's this? <wry.grin> Moving right along
to other things, I hope you're still occasionally checking
alt.moose.rights for "gated" MooseChat messages. Not that there's too
much going on there, either.
Darn. Maybe we've all "found a life" or something?
TTYL, ...Steve
-
I bought some batteries, but they weren't included.