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Pico 12V power supplies

And the downside is...there's one conversion less to do. The problem is that a lot of the 12V power bricks that these things need to run off of have lousy regulation and efficiency compared to a decent ATX PSU, and that gets passed through directly to the load with no filtering. The Wide Input...
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- Post #8
- Jan 19, 2012
- Forum: Power Supplies
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SSD's and Full Disk Encryption - any data?

Thanks for the info. I'll check out the TrueCrypt forums. I didn't realize there was a distinction between FDE and "container" encryption. The reason I ask is that I'll be upgrading my work laptop soon and we are required to use Checkpoint Pointsec (which I think is FDE), so I'm trying to...
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- Post #5
- Aug 10, 2010
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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SSD's and Full Disk Encryption - any data?

Much analysis and testing has been done surrounding SSD long term performance issues. In other words, it seems like the industry has a pretty good handle on how to manage things like garbage collection, TRIM, reserved space, write amplification, wear leveling, etc. when used on a normal file...
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- Thread
- Aug 9, 2010
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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CRT vs. LCD

It's always nice to have a multimeter around (One of these days I'll spring for a Fluke 87V, but my cheapo Velleman 890 is more than good enough for most things). But if all you want to do is measure power consumption of household devices, I'd recommend getting a Kill-A-Watt meter instead...
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- Post #13
- Jan 5, 2007
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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*** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

Actually it's even worse than that, because the DS3P is also rev 2.0. Or I guess you could argue that it's less confusing since you wouldn't have people wondering if the DS3 2.0 was newer than the DS3P 1.0. By the way, I noticed that some Gigabyte boards (DS3 2.0, DQ6) use the Marvell 8053...
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- Post #912
- Dec 19, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

FYI, I just edited my previous post to add more information, which I think covers this. Anyway, I don't think you need to reinstall windows, just update the driver to the latest JMicron version (I think it's up to 1.17.something). I found the Gigabyte version to be pretty crappy, but I've been...
- Metaluna
- Post #856
- Dec 14, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

I'm pretty sure you can do this (my own hard drive troubles notwithstanding). You just need to install the JMicron JMB363 driver before you enablke AHCI mode (in other words, leave the BIOS set to IDE mode, then boot windows and install the driver, then reboot and enable AHCI). You can...
- Metaluna
- Post #854
- Dec 14, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

The BIOS is F6 (which seems to be dated the same as DS3 F7). I'll try the single-drive experiment soon. Thanks for the ideas!
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- Post #851
- Dec 14, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

The original PSU was a Seasonic Super Silencer 400W, which is rated at 22A@12V, 30A@5V, and 28A@3.3V. I replaced it with a Seasonic S12 600W which is rated at 18A@12V1, 18A@12V2 (not used), 30A@5V, and 30A@3.3V. One thing did occur to me that my HSF is a Scythe Ninja, which is one of those...
- Metaluna
- Post #817
- Dec 11, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

I've been having a real nightmare trying to get my 965P-S3 (i.e. not DS3) to recognize all my SATA/IDE drives reliably. I have 3 SATA hard drives and 2 PATA DVD writers in the system. The symptoms vary all over the place so it's really hard to narrow down the cause. Sometimes after a cold...
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- Post #814
- Dec 11, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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New ConroeXFire-eSataII system not powering up

Thanks, I'm glad to be here! No I haven't tried it outside the case. I will give it a try. Also, one thing I just remembered is that I'm using a third party heatsink (Scythe Ninja) which has an LGA775-to-P4 adapter with a metal backplate. The backplate is covered with adhesive foam...
- Metaluna
- Post #3
- Oct 26, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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New ConroeXFire-eSataII system not powering up

I just built up a PC with a Conroe E6600 processor, Patriot DDR2 667 RAM, and an Asrock ConroeXFire-eSataII motherboard. Everything else in the system (PSU, HD, video card) are known working components from the system I am upgrading. The problem is that the board does not power up at all...
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- Thread
- Oct 26, 2006
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards

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