20×4 LCD display DIY guide

The wire has to be soldered to the 20×4 rows display like this… In order that nothing can go wrong i indicate all colors. Pin1 black and ground, Pin2 red, Pin3 grey, Pin4 green-brown, Pin5 blue, Pin6 brown, Pin7 yellow-brown, Pin8 green, Pin9 yellow-white, Pin10 pink, Pin11 grey-brown, Pin12 purple, Pin13 green-white, Pin14 yellow, Pin15 blue-red, Pin16 white. That’s it! Here is the pinout of the other side of the display. And here is a picture of the finished display … Continue reading 20×4 LCD display DIY guide →

Display Solder Guides, Modding

20×2 LCD DIY guide

The wire has to be soldered to the 20×2 rows display like this… In order that nothing can go wrong I indicate all colors. Pin1 black and ground, Pin2 red, Pin3 grey, Pin4 green-brown, Pin5 blue, Pin6 brown, Pin7 yellow-brown, Pin8 green, Pin9 yellow-white, Pin10 pink, Pin11 grey-brown, Pin12 violet, Pin13 green-white, Pin14 yellow, Pin15 blue-red, Pin16 white. The allocation is in the theory the same as with a normal single-line allocation, however the pins are count different – Pin … Continue reading 20×2 LCD DIY guide →

IR Receiver USB, Modding

Self-made USB infrared receiver to remote control your PC

Self-made USB infrared receiver to remote control your PC Succeeding the infrared receiver for the serial port I would like to present to you a very special instruction, which leads you to possession of an IR receiver fro the USB port. USB is unfortunately a bit more complicated than serial … Admittedly it is not as easy as the use of the serial port, because the USB port needs special drivers to run. Thus we need some kind of firmware, … Continue reading Self-made USB infrared receiver to remote control your PC →

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Misc Mods, Modding

When the cooler doesn’t fit onto your board because of a tall capacitor!

What to do if the heatsink does not fit on the Mainboard, just because an electrolytic capacitor is beneath the socket and prevents an attachment of a bigger heatsink or a capacitor beneath the AGP slot prevents you to put your brandnew Geforce 4 card in the AGP slot ? In my example it was the alpha PAL 8045 heatsink which has prepared some problems on the ENMIC 8TCX+ Obviously, you can treat on the one hand the ventilator with … Continue reading When the cooler doesn’t fit onto your board because of a tall capacitor! →

Case Modding, Modding

Redaktion ocinside.de Casemod Gallery

The ocinside.de Casemod Gallery was developed a few years ago and receives constantly new pictures from enthused PC Modder. More than 300 Casemod pictures were added today, so that one can admire momentarily over 1000 pictures with detailed description of most Mods.

Air Coolers, Cooling, Hardware Reviews, Socket A Coolers

Socket A Cooler Comparison

Socket A cooler test – hear all cooler sounds online. I’ve expand the big socket A fan roundup with online mp3 sound in the detailed test of following 21 fans: Alpha PAL 6035, Chrome Orb, EKL 462, Global WIN FOP 32, FOP 38, Golden Orb, Super Orb, Taisol CEK 733092, Taisol CGK 742092, Top Cooler, the Twin Orb, Twin Orb Rev 2, Alpha PAL 6035 N2/GH, Alpha PAL 6035 NGML, Coolermaster CH5 5K12 Heatpipe, Hedgehog 238M NGML, Hedgehog 238M N2/GHH, … Continue reading Socket A Cooler Comparison →

AMD Overclocking, AMD Slot A OC, Overclocking Results, Workshop

AMD Duron 700 Overclocking Results

AMD Duron 700 Overclocking Results Here are some AMD Duron 700 overclocking results. Compare to the normal AMD Duron 700 values: CPU Frequency FSB/MB Multiplier Vcore VIO CPU Temp. 700 MHZ 100/200 MHz 7x 1,6 Volt 3,56 Volt ~ 38-45°C Here are my results of the Duron 700 CPU on Asus A7V mainboard: Result FSB/MB Multiplier Vcore VIO CPU Temp. 1066 MHZ 101/202 MHz 10,5x 1,85 Volt 3,56 Volt ~ 47-53°C Asus A7V with Duron 700 and Golden Orb fan: … Continue reading AMD Duron 700 Overclocking Results →

AMD Overclocking, AMD Socket A OC, Overclocking Results, Workshop

AMD Thunderbird Overclocking Results

AMD Thunderbird Overclocking Results Here are some AMD Thunderbird overclocking results. Some results of my tested AMD CPUs: Original CPU overclocked to FSB/MB Multiplier Vcore VIO 700 MHz Duron 1066 MHz 101/202 MHz 10,5x 1,85 Volt 3,56 Volt 700 MHz Thunderbird 900 MHz 100/200 MHz 9x 1,80 Volt 3,56 Volt 700 MHz Thunderbird 950 MHz 100/200 MHz 9,5x 1,80 Volt 3,56 Volt 700 MHz Thunderbird 1000 MHz 100/200 MHz 10x 1,85 Volt 3,56 Volt 800 MHz Thunderbird 1000 MHz 100/200 … Continue reading AMD Thunderbird Overclocking Results →

Hardware Reviews, Power Supplies - PSU

Sunbeamtech SUNNUO550-EUAP-SV 550 Watt modular PSU Hardware Review

Current processors, video cards and also strongly overclocked components have larger Requirements of the used PSU. Because straight with the popular increase of the voltage (e.g. Vcore, VDDR, GPU voltage, etc.) to the achievement from better overclocking results increases also drastically the power consumption of the PC. If one uses compressor cooling or other high performance cooling systems to the heat dissipation, it can also result in an overloading of the power supply unit (PSU), which results in the most … Continue reading Sunbeamtech SUNNUO550-EUAP-SV 550 Watt modular PSU Hardware Review →

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Hardware Reviews, Misc Reviews

Revoltec Cold Cathode Twinset Review

Several times I got mails where visitors ask me to test simple hardware and today I want to follow this request. First I’ve decided to test the CC Twinset by Revoltec, because nearly 50 percent of all Modders use or want to use CCFL?s (abbreviation for “Cold Cathode Florescent Lamps”) or CC (“Cold Cathode) to light up their case. The delivery of the CCFL Set … After ordering the CC Twinset you?ll get this small but fine package, which contains … Continue reading Revoltec Cold Cathode Twinset Review →

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AMD Overclocking, AMD Slot A OC, Overclocking Results, Workshop

AMD Athlon 500 Overclocking with Cachedivisor

AMD Athlon 500 Overclocking with Cachedivisor Here are the AMD Athlon 500 Overclocking results with different cache divisor. Results from 17.01.2000: Now my second Athlon 500 CPU runs without any problems at 850MHz. I changed the cachedivisor to 1/3 instead of 1/2 to get the Athlon 50MHz higher. It’s questionable if it’s worth to increase CPU speed by decreasing the cacherate. But i notice only an insignificant difference between 1/2 Cache and 1/3 with benchmark programs like Final reality or … Continue reading AMD Athlon 500 Overclocking with Cachedivisor →

AMD Overclocking, AMD Slot A OC, Overclocking Results, Workshop

Gigabyte 7IX and MSI 6167 Overclocking Results

Gigabyte 7IX and MSI 6167 Overclocking Results Here are some Gigabyte 7IX and MSI 6167 Mainboard Overclocking Results. On 19.12.1999 we’ve tested two AMD Athlon 500 processors on 3 different boards. We got best results with the new ASUS K7M board. We had some problems to overclock the Athlon processor with the Gigabyte 7IX and MSI 6167 board: – It’s impossible to change CPU-Vcore by Jumper or BIOS. – We soldered the Vcore, but it failed to get results above … Continue reading Gigabyte 7IX and MSI 6167 Overclocking Results →

Computer Tradeshow Reports, Links and Downloads

CeBIT 2006 Report

7 pages and 80 pictures covers the current Redaktion ocinside.de CeBIT 2006 report, which was planned originally as short summary for “Hardware Freaks”. However, like every year it’s difficulty to say, what’s most interested. Because the abundance with well over 20 halls probably impress all visitors since many years. The pages are cut into the ranges Gaming, CaseMod / CaseCon, new Motherboards, new cooler and heatsinks, new cases and first impressions. It’s only in german language available, but I’m sure … Continue reading CeBIT 2006 Report →

News

Daily Hardware News

In addition to OCinside.de we offer now another portal for the daily hardware news. Of course we continue the daily short news on OCinside.de as well, but at Hardwarespot.de the most important news are full written and with all details, as well as images to the news!

Display Solder Guides, Modding

Acrylic LCD Display holder assembly instructions

The new LCD acrylic glass holder … Here’re the reasons for the new acrylic glass display holder … The 20×4 LC(D) display whether in blue/white or violet/green are exactly the best for each PC, where they can be used for a j-box (HiFi PC project), or you would like to use them with a normal PC. It is really unbelievable what LCD displays can show you with new LCD programs like e.g. JaLCD or Smartie – temperature, utilization of the … Continue reading Acrylic LCD Display holder assembly instructions →