Archive for June, 2008
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Computers these days are a lot more complicated than the ones a decade ago. But computer fans are just the same as before. Searching for a quiet computer fan can be good upgrade if noise is an issue.
Computer fans or cooling fans can be quiet in a simple way; manufacturers install a grill to reduce the decibels a bit. The bearings inside a fan are responsible for the noise; there are mainly four types of bearings used in a computer fan; the Sleeve Bearing, Ball Bearing, Fluid Bearing, and the Magnetic Bearing.
The most quiet computer fans are the ones that use the Sleeve bearing and the Fluid Bearing. Some computer enthusiasts prefer passive cooling to active cooling. Passive cooling can be done with Heat sinks. These Heat sinks are mostly made of copper or other various materials to silently cool off a hot processor or video cards without the noise. There is also a method called water cooling to eliminate the noise and likely give the computer cooler temperatures for over clocking or Mudding/customizing purposes, Manufacturers are also making fans with LEDS or UV-reactive materials for enhancing the looks of the computer chassis.
Computer fans are most crucial on major parts inside a computer chassis or case. One is the case itself, the optional video card being used, the power supply unit, and the processor. With other peripherals as the PCI slots and hard disk bays can also be installed with them, They are found to be troublesome without cooling; The computer can freeze or shut it down to protect it from being burnt.
These quiet computer fans are relatively inexpensive. This can prove very effective with the use of the grills installed, the usual size if a computer fan is 80mm and can be easily bought in any computer store.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
In the computer world, cables are also important. There are a lot of wires and cables used in a single computer. There are extension cables for computer usage, from Molex cables, USB, Power, Audio, Video, Printer, and other networking extension cables are tools that can help a pc enthusiast or regular users to customize their gear.
The most common use of extension cables are from inside the computer case. Video cables are used on a video splitter port to split your video signal to multiple computers. The Y splitter Molex connectors usually only have limited sockets, they need additional extension cables for other fans, lights, and other temp monitoring gadgets within.
If you think cables are a trouble, there are also external devices that don’t need them such as wireless LAN networking, wireless keyboards/mice, and other computer peripherals. These items don’t come cheap but can be a good investment since it eliminates most of the wires on your system.
Most of the time, the length of cables inside a pc chassis is only short compared to external devices, which needs longer cables such as printer cables or video signal cables. If you want to make sure what you need, you can search for them on the Internet as there may be compatibility issues; you can either state your hardware or bring the device itself to the store to make sure they are usable.
Other than cables, there are also cable adapters, which can also be used as a cable for other peripherals that other sockets don’t natively support. The most common adapter, cables found on the market are USB to IDE cable, USB Kits, USB to PS/2, IDE to SATA cables and much more, the majority of these items range from 2 dollars to 20 dollars depending on the purpose and quality.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Computer Fans are used for cooling purposes. They can be any fan inside a computer. Computer cooling is particularly applicable in case mounts. The roles of fans are to cool computer peripherals from drawing or expelling air.
When computer peripherals such as ram, processor, and graphic cards have been over clocked, the computer fan can be the most important way to combat heat. Along with the installed heat-absorbing sink, they can work to greatly decrease heat levels.
A processor usually needs a Heat sink with a fan; they help cool down the temperature when operating. Fans on a computer are inexpensive and can help in keeping away those freezing screens of death. There are different sizes of these fans; from 40, 80,120mm and other sizes is the most common that can be found inside a computer case. They are having a ball bearing fan in which the noise level can reach of 27 dB during normal operation. There are also other bearings used such as sleeve, fluid, and magnetic bearings, which are quieter than its ball bearing counterpart.
There can also be alternative to not use a fan. The easiest way is to under clock the device in which it can greatly reduce power consumption and heat. There is also the option of installing a larger Heat sink. Heat sinks can greatly reduce the heat coming out from devices and can even operate to heat-acceptable levels without a computer fan.
There are also used on other devices such as PCI slot cooler or a Hard disk cooler for fast drives as they can generate ample heat to contribute to the ambient temperatures inside the case. A fan controller can also control computer fans. They can be installed on the front of the case connected to the fan to control the speed and monitor the temperatures inside the case at the same time.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Computer cooling fans are the most common components inside a Chassis. Often they have a 80mm size and have a 27-decibel noise rate. They are crucial in cooling the computer peripherals and making certain they are on an acceptable temperature.
The use of a fan to cool down computer parts is called active cooling. Passive cooling however doesn’t require fans and usually has zero noise, but they can be a little pricey due to larger heat absorbing Heat sinks to make the devices cooler.
There are many parts of a computer that needs cooling. There are mainly four things that need cooling; the power supply, processor, graphics processing unit, and the case itself. With modern casings, there are transparent sides in which they are installed to actively cool a system. They blow out hot air that may otherwise heating up the inside components and will be more likely to freeze up computer programs due to overheating.
The ball bearing on a computer-cooling fan is the most common. However, there are also more silent options for the job. They can be noisy; others use a fan grill to minimize the noise as they can exponentially add with more fans installed.
Computer cooling fans have a 12v 4-pin Molex connector for its power. They usually draw just a little power from the power supply unit. But others like the GPU, PSU, and the processor get their connection from the different source. The graphics processing units’ cooling fan is the most intricate in most PC cases; they usually tend to get hotter during gaming. As with this subject, they have a medium-sized fan that could cool the GPU and the Video cards’ memory to acceptable levels. The processor fan is usually the same size of a case fan (80mm) but it has a better Heat sink to prevent it from overheating.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Chassis fans or case fans are the most common things found on a modern desktop pc. They can actively cool the insides by blowing out air and/or taking in cool air. Case fans usually come with the Chassis and can be monitored within the BIOS or by a program.
The computer case fan usually has a 80mm size; they are installed on the side of the case to blow out hot air. There are also other computer cases that can handle using a 120mm fan but are only widely used by computer enthusiasts. There are also cases in which a computer case doesn’t use a fan; water-cooling or passive cooling can be an option for people who have problems with the fans having too much noise.
The casing of a modern desktop is usually transparent on the left side; this will permit viewing of peripherals and devices installed. Computer case fans is always a requirement to make sure the heat inside is regulated and must be of safe levels for normal operation, a very hot processor or video card can result to programs crashing and hardware failure.
The case fan is not the only fan in the chassis, there are also fans installed on the processor, power supply unit and the optional devices such as the graphics-processing unit. Fans can be used in tandem with a Heat sink to greatly minimize the heat level.
When installed with a grill fan, the noise levels can marginally improve on a computer case fan. The decibel level of a regular ball bearing fan is about 27 dB, and can be regulated by fan control devices or in the motherboard bios. Manufacturers have made the fan fancier by installing LED lights and UV-reactive plastic to match and decorate cases. Multiple fans can be connected to a computer case; there is usually a built-in y-splitter to make sure there are still enough 4-pin Molex connectors for other devices or peripherals.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
USB cable adapters are the one of the most used adapters by computer users. They can link a device to a computer easily with them. The application of these adapters can be from cameras, gadgets, speakers, monitors, printers and other network devices.
There are times where a connector simply doesn’t fit or work with a particular socket, computer cable adapters can easily amend this trouble by making them compatible, the most familiar use of adapters are PS/2 mouse or keyboards which have a USB socket, they can be used on a native PS/2 socket in which they can operate just like the normal sockets.
Adapters are also common on other USB peripherals; all of them are external devices. The internal parts do also have cable adapters that can be used to connect or add more devices; an example of this is an additional fan with no available 4-pin Molex connector cable, this can be remedied easily by installing a Y-splitter cable adapter for additional peripherals. Another computer cable adapter, which is common, is the Video Cables, which are used on the video port. Sometimes a Monitor is not of the same socket as that of the video card adapter, it can be usable with the use of an adapter to pass DVI signals thru a VGA cable. There are also wireless adapters to eliminate cables, this is also used in networking thru wireless LAN and WIFI hotspots to remotely connect device to the Internet.
Computer cable adapters can be bought from a store with compatibility issues, it is important to know what cable adapter it needs. Most of the time, incompatibilities can arise if the hardware doesn’t support the adapter and would sometimes fit but will not work, be sure to research your hardware first to get a compatible adapter especially USB types.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Extending the cables of a device is a good thing. With computer devices having to cut costs, the computer cables, which originally came from the device, is sometimes lacking length, cable extensions are used if there distance is a problem.
The most cable extension devices are USB adapters in which it can have more slots for other USB devices and give them more length in which they can be conveniently used. There is also the network cables in which can be used to connect another computer and share its Internet. Cable extension is also very applicable for USB WIFI routers to give them a good area placement for better signals.
Computers are becoming more and more common in any household, from this point, there are also different and myriad of cables, which can be extended to the users’ preference. Printers are notoriously lacking cable length, this can be easily remedied by using an aftermarket cable to extend its area of deployment, this can prove useful especially on offices that have limited spaces but needing a good place to where most workers can easily get their prints without obstructing other workers. Video cable extension can also be viable for exhibition purposes. Cable adapters can output multiple signals even up to a distance of 100 feet of the same source to be viewed by onlookers to see their products.
There are some issues from extending cables; these negative effects are the ones that need to be researched before purchasing an extender. Most of them have incompatibilities to lack of power for the additional length or feature. It is important to make sure that it has the right extenders by reading the devices’ user manual to prevent this problem. Cable extenders are always a good option for better placement of peripherals but it is only an additional feature and not needed for a regular computer desktop.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Cable adapters are the things that are commonly used with peripherals on a computer. They are used to connect devices; this can be commonly seen on monitor cables to pass the image to the monitor, the keyboard strokes to be interpreted in the CPU and other devices.
A common computer needs different cables to operate. The AC cable is an insulated conductor, which is used to for powering the machine, a USB cable to sync devices, Video Cables for the monitor, LAN cables for Internet and etc…
With the boom of computers, there have been many cable adapters, which are used commonly; one of them is the USB cable. This type of cable adapter can interpret the devices’ data to the computer; this is very handy especially when handling data files to be transferred to another storage medium.
There are also printer cables in which data can be sent to the printer, ps/2 devices such as a mouse and a keyboard are the ones usually that needs them. There is also card-reader adapters for use with different memory cards in which files can be easily transferred to and from a PC.
Cable adapters are also available for mobile phones, having to customize and sync files can be easily done with cable. There are also USB to IDE adapters to widen compatibility of older computers with newer devices.
With having new types of monitors, there are also HDMI adapter in which they can be easily attached to an older DVI video card for easy installation of hardware. Overall, the cable adapter serves as an invaluable tool to connect peripherals. The use of a computer cable is simple and handy; this can be an easy task if they are connected appropriately with the help of the user manuals to prevent hardware failure and incompatibilities.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
In the modern world, computer peripherals are commonly found on homes. With everybody using them, there is always a demand for power cables. Adapter Extension Power can be used
The most common computer Adapter Extension Powers are for ATX, USB, Power cable, and various computer parts. The most common is the computer power cable; it can easily use an aftermarket power cable of longer cords to make sure distance is not a problem. The usual power cable can be bought for $20 for a 6-12 ft. extension. Most of the time, the computer sockets differ, and the appropriate power extension cable must be precise in order to eliminate hardware failure.
With having trouble in length, a 4-pin extension Molex connector can be used if the Power Supply Units’ power cable isn’t enough. There are times where the PSU only has 4 Molex connectors but there are 3 to four additional peripherals like fans and UV lights. They can be used to connect two or more components to work even with limited power cables.
USB cables are also used to power gadgets, an HDD-based USB drive needs two slots and therefore needs more power; it can also use an extension power cord but needs two separate connections.
There is also Adapters power cables for devices of diverse connections. There are also adaptors for laptops for compatibility. Laptops use power bricks to charge and use the machine; adding additional length of its cables can be good and doesn’t suffer with the lack of power.
There are also negative issues with extending power, most of the time, the power in which it delivers can suffer and will be less low than that of a regular adapter. Making sure your hardware can eliminate this and the extension can support it by consulting the manufacturer.
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