Recent content by acaciosc

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    Is there some risk of damaging something (especially MOBO) if I attach my graphics card outside the case?

    I'm wondering if the MOBO's PCB won't have damage because of the weight caused by my graphics card (R9 280x). It's because I'm using it to mine cryptocurrencies, so outside the case I will have some extra cooling.
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    Where should I plug in the speaker case cable in my Digitron DG-661FX?!

    Hi! I'm trying to connect the speaker case cable, however I'm not able to find the connector pin in my pretty old motherboard. I can easily find where it says "speaker", although there is no pin whatsoever above the text!! Please see the attached files and tell me exactly where I should plug in...
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    Why my CPU fan so loud?

    Sorry for answering only after ~2 years, but it's important to ask you (and also anybody else who happens to face this very same issue): did you enable Q-fan and set the rpm profile to the lowest possible - "silent mode", or something like that - through BIOS? I bet that's why you guys are...
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    Is there a risk of damaging components, such as a high-end graphics card if my MOBO has swollen caps?

    Hi there! It's my first thread in this forum. I'm afraid to damage my recently bought R9 280x (used). My motherboard is an old ASUS P5GC-MX/1333, with one 1.0 pci-e x16 slot. Two graphics cards have been damaged for a weird (or not) reason: 1 Geforce 8500GT and 1 AMD HD 6450. My R9 280x...