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Dual fans42 viewsI put a second Noctua on the CPU heatsink to aid in overclocking. I used four zip ties to hold the back fan onto the front, it seems to be working quite well so far. I also put two CD spindle plastic washers between the heatsink block and the bracket to clamp down harder on the CPU.
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Fast?13 viewsFor whatever reason, my connection was going 1 Mbps above what it normally maxed out at. I was able to repeat the test results several times that day. They were back to normal (~7.2 Mbps max) the next day.
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And for the grand finale...50 views...the SLi mod worked! ^__^ Now I just have to get a more powerful PSU and another 7800 GTX then I'm all set.
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Testing the chip contact56 viewsMaking sure the chip is touching the HSF properly, after all, the last thing I want is a toasted chipset. My dad had to grind the mounting holes out a bit so the heatsink's prong thingies would go into the mounting holes. Also had to grind out some of the edge of the heatsink to fit around a capacitor and crystal.
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Everything is ready to go76 viewsGot the heatsink mounted okay and the fan plugged in. Now let's see what it can do!
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At home37 viewsGetting ready to install the Windows 7 beta on the i7, all of my other machines have it installed for dual/triple boot.
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486 experiment36 views486 DX2 66+64 MB RAM+Voodoo 1=not much. It would have taken it over 4 hours to install 98, but I pulled the plug about 20% of the way through. That's way too long for a 486 so something else must be wrong. I inserted the CPU the wrong way twice a while back, causing it to overheat in seconds. I'm guessing I might have damaged it :P.
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Disassembled55 viewsThe beginning of the project. It's not as hard as it looks, it took me less than 10 minutes to get it to that state.
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WTF?20 viewsI have no idea how that happened but it wasn't caused by me. The card seems to work okay though.
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Empty case14 viewsI decided on a silver Thermaltake Tsunami w/o window because it had dual 120mm fans. A main goal for this system was quiet performance, which it does quite well :).
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It works!39 viewsI was surprised that it worked afterwards, I heard that an XPS BIOS was required to get the card running, but apparently not. Now off to some benchmarks and gaming! The 7800 used to idle at 58-63 C and load at 83-88 C, the 7950 gets down to 45 or so with both fans forced on high.
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Getting it back together35 viewsGot the 7950's heatpipe squared away and the palmrest mounted. Now it's just the LCD, video/WiFi cables, keyboard, and the power button panel.
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