Fanless Power Supply PC Build Guide

A high efficiency fanless PSU is a great starting point for an ultra quiet yet powerful modern PC. In our latest system build guide, we explore case and configuration options, share our observations about how a fanless PSU changes PC airflow, and walk you through the fine details of a full fledged PC build with a fanless Seasonic X series PSU.

Read more at SilentPCReview.

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MEGATech Guide to Rooting Your Android Device � Part 1

Last week I kicked off the Android Rooting Guide with Part 1, which showed you how to root the HTC Incredible, the Desire, the Aria, The EVO 4G, and the Wildfire (Buzz). This part of the guide will cover the SuperOneClick program, which can be used to root almost three dozen Android phones. If the first part of the guide didn�t cover your phone, there�s a good chance this one will.

Read more at MegaTechNews.

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Unlocking The AMD Radeon HD 6950 to 6970 - BIOS Flash Guide

Legit Reviews learns you how you can flash a Radeon HD 6950 into a Radeon HD 6970!

Thanks to an insecure restriction method, the AMD Radeon HD 6950 video card can be unlocked and turned into an AMD Radeon HD 6970 with just a few minutes work. Today we break down the process on a reference designed card and we run performance benchmarks along the way to see if the process is worthwhile or just a waste of time. Read on to see what happens to our retail ASUS EAH6950 graphics card as we perform the operation!

Quote: "Upgrading the AMD Radeon HD 6950 graphics to a Radeon HD 6950 proved to be an enlightening experience. Testing the same card with multiple levels of shaders, core speeds and memory frequencies showed exactly how each of these things can have an effect in different ways. The largest gains came from completely unlocking the potential of the Radeon HD 6950 by fully flashing the BIOS, effectively turning it into a Radeon HD 6970. Each of the techniques that we used showed gains of different levels, however the biggest surprise was the minimal gains provided only by the shader unlock, which in some tests were almost non-existent..."

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Updated NVIDIA Drivers for Mac OS X: Install Guide and iBoot-GE

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This week, NVIDIA released drivers for their line of "Fermi" cards for Mac OS X.  Besides supporting their new flagship Quadro 4000, these drivers support the GeForce GT 430, GTS 450, GTX 460, GTX 465, GTX 470, GTX 480. They also show increased OpenGL, Quartz Graphics, and User Interface performance for NVIDIA 2xx cards.

To use the new drivers on any system, we made an alternate installer, tonymacx86 NVIDIA Update, that overcomes the official installer's system limitations.  We also created iBoot-GE, a new variation of iBoot that uses Chameleon's GraphicsEnabler instead of enabler kexts.  Finally, we've updated MultiBeast to include the necessary bootloader.

• The tonymacx86 NVIDIA Update is the official NVIDIA updater tweaked to allow install on any system.  

• iBoot-GE uses Chameleon's GraphicsEnabler, with updated device IDs for new NVIDIA cards.  Update: iBoot now works for NVIDIA 4xx cards- you may need to type -x PCIRootUID=1 to install using these cards

• MultiBeast now contains Chameleon 2.0 RC5 Prerelease which includes device IDs for all new NVIDIA cards.

Guide for a Fresh Installation
If you're starting from scratch, follow iBoot + MultiBeast.

1. Install using iBoot
2. Install latest Combo Update
3. Install UserDSDT or EasyBeast, plus the latest Chameleon 2.0 RC5 from MultiBeast
4. Install the tonymacx86 NVIDIA Update 
5. Reboot

Guide for an Existing Installation
If you've already installed and configured your system to boot from hard drive

1. Install latest Combo Update
2. Install the latest Chameleon 2.0 RC5 from MultiBeast
3. Install the tonymacx86 NVIDIA Update 
4. Reboot

Post your results in the forum!  Have fun, and enjoy!  

-tonymacx86 & MacMan

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