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Lowering the PSU noise

The PC power supply consists of three basic circuits: primary side, secondary side, and standby. The primary side stores some charge at the rectified line voltage (~155V in the US), the secondary side stores charge at the rail voltages (+5, +12, etc), and the standby circuit stores charge at 5...
- MiloMinderbinder
- Post #13
- Aug 22, 2002
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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WindowsXP and APM

As I said, there are no APM devices loaded. Thus, no APM tab in Power Options. Scott
- MiloMinderbinder
- Post #3
- Aug 21, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Lowering the PSU noise

If there is any "flat" sheetmetal (such as a finger guard) near the blades of the fan, make sure that there is some clearance between the blades and the metal. The shear effect from a blade passing close to a stationary surface generates a lot of noise. Round finger guards are generally not a...
- MiloMinderbinder
- Post #8
- Aug 21, 2002
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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AK31 trouble...

I regret to say that over the last week I've become something of an authority on the problems of the AK31 and power supplies. What's wrong with the AK31? Well, the short answer is that this board has some serious problems and I don't know what they all are. The long answer is .. well, that's...
- MiloMinderbinder
- Post #10
- Aug 21, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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WindowsXP and APM

I changed cases last week and after a few fits and starts got everything going again. There is one problem that I've found though - Windows XP (home edition) refuses to load APM. I looked in the system devices and there are no ACPI or APM devices loaded, even though I made no changes to the...
- MiloMinderbinder
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- Aug 21, 2002
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- Forum: Operating Systems

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