oiled fan
Talkback I have a 5 year old system, (I tend to use computers until they fall apart). The CPU fan started to get noisy in only in the first minute of boot. Upon opening the case, there was quite a dust farm in there.
[January 7, 2007, 0:59]
It sucks! It broke down way to early!
Member Review -DVD-rom doesn't read cds. CPU fan is unstable. Overheats when I'm using MS Word! Battery died after 6 mnds!
[February 21, 2006, 15:28]
lasting me fine!
Member Review I got a dell dimension 8250 with the 3.06Ghz P4 four years ago! and i still have it. I've had the cpu fan changed twice and the graphics card once (all free under the 3 year warranty i took out). I've replaced the hard drive for a bigger capacity...
[February 6, 2007, 15:24]
Benchmarks: Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 660
Talkback I have bought the intel 660 ( 3,6GHz 64-bit) chip.It's power is awsome, but i have 1 question.i had the normal cpu fan replaced with zalman 7700 cu the problem is : with the normal fan the max.temprature was 78oC but with the zalman fan now it can...
[July 14, 2005, 14:06]
Junkbox Print Server Update #1
Blog This project has taken a somewhat twisted tortured path. Targeted hardware is a tossed (or redundant) P3 industrial ETX SBC with two dead COM ports and 256MB of RAM in a single PC133 stick. The USB 1.1/2.0 ports still work.
[April 20, 2009, 8:35]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Monday 18/7/2005 It's not the greatest computer in the world, but it's mine. An anonymous model cobbled together from various bits left over from other projects, most of it would have been state of the art a couple of years ago - but now it's just...
[July 22, 2005, 18:45]
Benchmarks: Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 660
Talkback While it's nice to see some competition in the 64-bit desktop market, I honestly don't see the big deal.bit computing don't give a significant advantage except for (very) large servers, where big programs need 64-bit addressing to map enough...
[March 5, 2005, 0:44]
Keep your PC quiet review
Reviews If you've worked long hours in an office where the air-conditioning switches off in the evening, you'll have experienced the sense of relief brought on by the sudden absence of background noise. At home, you’re more likely to be distracted and...
[July 12, 2002, 16:39]
Junkbox Print Server Update #2
Blog Its been an interesting day. I have a print server now running Xubuntu 8.1 on the P3 SBC but its not running on the compact flash and its not fully configured yet. Lack of space on the 1GB compact flash required the use of an old 10GB PATA drive.
[April 21, 2009, 9:54]
