CaptainMalware
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Recently, I moved around some storage drives in my computer after upgrading the motherboard (Not listed because it might be irrelevant), and I ended up having to flip the hard drive from a vertical position to a "laying flat and upside down" position. it is being held up by screws from the bottom of the drive. There is still air going to the drive, so air flow can't be an issue here, but was flipping it upside down lethal to the drive? It makes a screeching noise about every half day, and it's somewhat loud. I have some included pictures from CrystalDiskInfo for confirmation. It is a Seagate Barracuda drive, and it's model number is ST4000DM000-1F2168.
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Thanks guys, I finally found what this was and I am now gathering materials for adding an SSD to my chromebook, hopefully using the soldered SSD as extra space or for installing an alternate OS.
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Yeah, It's an Acer c730e As Identified on the bottom of the laptop, and it goes by the codename GNAWTY. It sub-identifies itself as a "Baytrail laptop" when I first updated the UEFI (I'm assuming that "BayTrail" is the codename of the processor in it, correct me if I'm wrong).
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I have this Chromebook modded to run Windows 10 with a custom bootloader / UEFI firmware. I noticed when opening the back of the computer that I have this empty and unsoldered slot near the (I assume) tiny PCI-e slot that holds the WLAN + Bluetooth card. I'm stumped on what this empty slot could be, other than it's meant for storage. The slot has a total of 34 pins, with 6 divided from the rest of the other 28. I've tried searching online to see what it was, but to no avail. I'm hoping if I post images here from the motherboard, I would at least get some information leading to what it could be so that I could get the resources necessary to start soldering some storage to it. I've attached the images to this topic. (Sorry for the lowres slot picture, I actually took these picture from online, and confirmed a while ago that these are the exact motherboard revisions. I zoomed in on the motherboard using software on my "Chromebook" for the slot image).
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Lower by around 10%, but I still want it to pick up speed under load.
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I know the title may not fully explain what I'm trying to do, so I want to give further depth into this. I have this Lenovo Tilapia RCB motherboard that has no CPU fan issues at all. However, The BIOS sets the minimum speed for the fan to be at a speed that may not be necessary. I found out that I can change the fan speed down a bit using software like OpenHardwareMonitor, and found out the usual speed setting is at 40% when idle. I want to change this to be at speeds a little quieter, at around 30-35%, however I still want it to pick up speeds when it needs to. Also, for some reason I can't change the minimum speed within the BIOS itself, only the processor's power management speed. Any ideas? Lenovo Tilapia RCB motherboard (Lenovo H405) AMD Athlon II X4 645 | socket AM3 (It gets stuff done) 8GB DDR3 RAM AMD Radeon RX 550
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It is the case fan. I thought about only having the CPU fan because My computer wouldn't need a secondary fan, since it is open case. Thanks for the replies.
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Hello. So I have this build of mine which is outstanding. Except for one thing, the case fan is EXTREMELY loud. I tried cleaning it, but it still makes a lot of noise. Since my build is an open case PC, I thought it wouldn't effect it's performance if I take out the case fan. But here lies my problem: My BIOS Always freaks out when the fan isn't there and plugged in, and I would like it if it didn't blare at me when all I want to do was start my PC. Since My MOBO is pretty old, there isn't a way to turn it off from in the software. are there any hardware hacks to make the computer "Think" that a fan is there without actually having the fan there? Preferably without Soldering?
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This is what I'm doing.
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I'm doing this because A network switch is not accessible, and I'm trying to make it so everything runs off of one LAN port. I only have one NIC on my computer and I need somehow and someway for my computer to "Share" It's internet with the raspberry Pi.
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I am using the raspberry Pi 4, and it’s labeled as a “SMART CAT5 to USB extender”. I don’t think it does detect it, as nothing happens (both lights stay on instead of the yellow light flashing) and I’m trying to set up an RPI for use as a media centre.
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Hello. I'm trying to set up a system where My main computer is connected through it's ethernet port, a USB to ethernet box connected through USB on my main computer, and the ethernet cable connected to my raspberry Pi. However, when I try to use it, It sits with both lights on, no activity. I'm not as smart with internet as with PC parts, and I can't use a proxy on this internet. Can anyone help?
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Thanks for your response. I will try to find something similar to this.
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This one may be a weird one. I have been trying to build a new PC out of spare parts. However, I want it to have an internal speaker that actually plays audio, and not just a Buzzer. So I took an old speaker apart and mounted it on the front of the PC. The problem lies here. you have to put your ear to the hole in the front (No, I didn't drill the hole in, it's an old PC case), even at full volume. I want it so it's loud enough where you could put it somewhere near the ground and you can work from a desk. Is there any way to make the speaker loud enough to hear it without damaging it?
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