I have just invested in a 25P

PureAppleJuice · 22 Apr 2006 at 18:24

Same system as me just about, except i'm getting a 7900GT

How much did yours cost? Just the base unit. Let me know how the build goes

FrankJH · 22 Apr 2006 at 21:21

I had the 7800, X2 and an NEC dvd rw drive laying around (more of which later) however inc vat I spent just under £400 - but I hope to sell 2*1Gb of ram and a few other bits and pieces to get some of that back.

Anywayyyyyyy the windows install is just going ahead after a painless physical hardware install (it seemed like it anyway) until I got to try and installing windows....

the bios was detecting everything correctly and it was attempting to boot from the cd however it kept on failing for some reason. The dvd drive was powered and ide cable firmly in place and still no go

I thought hmmmmmm shuttle's cables arent always the best so I will change cable to one of my own but this didnt help at all. I tried a different windows cd just incase mine was damaged but again it failed.

Then I thought ok I will have to swap out the dvd drive with an old one I had laying around, an NEC 3520....bingo worked first time (even with shuttle's ide cable incidentally)

Just hoping that OCUK will exchange it even though its detected ok

I have to say I am not a fan of the shuttle drive rails in the slightest I just dont think they grip enough for my liking.

Anyway hopefully its just the long windows install slog to go now.

Stephen B · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:45

My new 26P came with a Shuttle CDRW [CR40] and simply refused to boot from a genuine unused XP64 CD, swapped it out for my NEC3540 [a few annoying hours later !!!]and it booted and fully installed no problem.

I have since put the CR40 into my SB75G and it loaded a genuine XP Pro disc no problem at all :rolleyes:

BTW anyone wondering about a 7800 GT or a 7900 GT for a SN25/26, pay the extra.

My auto detected [532/800] BFG 7900GT gave a 20% better score than my previous 7800GTX clocked to 520 core, obviously some gains due to more mature drivers but what an unexpected increase

FrankJH · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:43

thanks for this - will possibly put my pioneer back in this weekend then

FrankJH · 28 Apr 2006 at 11:43

Along with the pioneer I will be installing a new 7600 GS Silent and a wireless usb stick, and that will have me up and running.

I have to say I was very impressed that OCUK confirmed placement of my gfx/ usb order, confirmed payment and shipped ( or as much as they can do ) all in under 50 minutes.

Well done OCUK

(Now I just have to sell all the old bits of hardware I have including the 7800GT)

stigggeh · 28 Apr 2006 at 12:20

i have just built a pc around a SN25P mines all fine upto now....

The only problem i had was selecting fsb over 250....... bios flash later opteron 146 10x290 = fine

next on my list is some quieter 60mm fans

cmt · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:02

stigggeh said:
i have just built a pc around a SN25P mines all fine upto now....

The only problem i had was selecting fsb over 250....... bios flash later opteron 146 10x290 = fine

next on my list is some quieter 60mm fans

still got those60mm silenX if you wantem

cmt

Gun9 · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:10

can we have some pics of build when finished please :cool:

stigggeh · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:21

cmt said:
still got those60mm silenX if you wantem

cmt

haha your right, i thought i could cope.....i didnt think they would be so bad

LOUUUUUD !

FrankJH · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:53

Please dont say that I have just spent £90 on a silent graphics card, really thinking that was what was so loud, when instead i needed to spend £20 or so on quiet fans- ohhh well, the 7600 should be quieter than the 7800 by a good margin so thats what counts

Orifice · 28 Apr 2006 at 16:09

FrankJH said:
Please dont say that I have just spent £90 on a silent graphics card, really thinking that was what was so loud, when instead i needed to spend £20 or so on quiet fans- ohhh well, the 7600 should be quieter than the 7800 by a good margin so thats what counts

You shouldnt need to replace the fans, if the 25P is anything like the SD31P, then you can near enough silence them in the bios, or using XPC tools.

stigggeh · 28 Apr 2006 at 16:43

Orifice said:
You shouldnt need to replace the fans, if the 25P is anything like the SD31P, then you can near enough silence them in the bios, or using XPC tools.

ture... and speedfan does them, you can get a config file from the internet... but at 30% they are still louder than my 7800gt fan.

they are just too loud for me, so i will be swapping them out.

FrankJH · 28 Apr 2006 at 18:02

Orifice said:
You shouldnt need to replace the fans, if the 25P is anything like the SD31P, then you can near enough silence them in the bios, or using XPC tools.

1st thing I did on initial bootup lol, down to ultra quiet. I think it is my 7800 thats makin most of the racket lol I hope..............

wyatt gates · 28 Apr 2006 at 20:10

hi
a word of warning ,if you play any games set it to smart fan because the memory controller on the cpu gets to hot and causes crashes and lock ups

Stephen B · 28 Apr 2006 at 20:15

surely thats more a trait of the CPU than the Shuttle [ i.e. poor mem controller or oveclocked like a nutter]

FrankJH · 28 Apr 2006 at 20:17

wyatt gates said:
hi
a word of warning ,if you play any games set it to smart fan because the memory controller on the cpu gets to hot and causes crashes and lock ups

thank you for that - i dont think i will be however but good general point none the less. Most of my usage will be dvd's and music

wyatt gates · 28 Apr 2006 at 20:19

the cpu in question was fx57 and it is been punished by playing BF2 at high settings i put it back to smart fan and it has not been problem

FrankJH · 29 Apr 2006 at 10:34

cheers