Intel486dx33 wrote:Also got a GoldenOrb rip-off, not from Thermaltake, but the design looks identical. That thing is going on some or other P3.
I have one of those and it's really loud. I don't like it. It's too loud. I am going to remove it and go with a standard heatsink.
I need a silent PC. My PSU is silent. Just the Thermaltake Golden orb is too loud. Maybe if you can get some sort of fan speed controller to slow down the fan because it spins at FULL speed.
I have a few Zalman controllers knocking around, maybe I'll use one of them. Anyway, this thing is for the looks, not the sound. Anything I really want to use regularly gets a BIG passive heatsink with an even bigger slow fan blowing onto it. That reminds me, I need to look out for some more Zalman CNPS6000 heatsinks 😉
xjas wrote:That Parhelia is a beauty. Nice score!
Tnx. It took me long enough to get (VERY drawn-out negotiations with seller, not even about price), but it was worth it. Quick test shows it's working, at least up to desktop level. The aftermarket fan is just as loud/dying as the original though, so that need replacing. I wasn't planning to do any retro builds past the P3 level, but I've decided I need something with more 'oomph' to do things like hard disk bad sector checks. So I'm going to take a bigtower case, add removable trays for IDE, SCSI and SATA (if they exist, never seen one), also stick in ZIP & Orb drives and connect all of that to a motherboard with support for AGP but also multi-core CPUs. That will probably end up being one of those Asrock Frankenstein-boards. That board will need a GPU- which is where this Parhelia comes in 😉
SW-SSG wrote:xjas wrote:... Always wondered why Matrox used those LONG VGA connectors. Was it extra shielding, did they hide ICs under there, or did they just want to move the pins farther back on the board? Anyone know?
Looking at photos of a G450, some models traded a VGA output for a DVI, and the DVI port's holes are positioned closer to the slot cover than those of the VGA's. The other VGA port seemingly could also be replaced but I'm not sure with what (S-Video jack, maybe?).
Not TV-out, the Matrox boards did that by (ab)using pins in regular VGA or DVI connectors. I think it was just a second DVI port, there definitely was a dual-DVI version of the G450.