Hi,
I bought one of these bad boys to cool and quiet my mythboxen off that ebay place. http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=206&code=021

Now, the only real noise my myth box makes is when a dvd spins up or when it is recording something. Then there is a heart-beat like sound of the hard drive. Well worth it in my opinion - no more whining fans or annoyed girlfriend ....

The only thing lacking is it will remain on once I get the wake up to record to work (time is the only factor here.)

Anyone with a working knowledge of electical stuff know if I can mod this to be powered off my psu? I haven't been able to find much info on the pump, but the manual says:
I guess I've an A type as I live in the UK and mains is 240V @ 50 Hz.


Regards
Chris

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Version:R8
Intel C2D 7400, Nvidia 5600 via HDMI to Samsung B37B650TW (PAL), Asus P5QL-E mobo, 4Gb PC6400 DDR2 ram, Samsung Spinpoint 500 Gb & 1Tb drive, Nova-HD-S2 (x2)

The pump is 240V, so your PSU can't power it, but it can switch it with a relay.

I'm running a watercooled system as my main desktop, with a 240v pump and I've been meaning to do this for ages.

Having a quick look around, I can't find anywhere that sells the PC kits, but you you could build it from parts from Maplin, are you any good with a soldering iron?

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Mephi
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R5.5
Opteron 2.Ghz
1Gb Ram, 200Gb Maxtor PATA
Avermedia 771 DVB-T
Hauppauge Nova-S2 (waiting to be installed)
MS MCE2 Remote

Hi Mephi,
I posted this question on another board elsewhere, the suggestion cam back for one of the beauties: OneClick 6-Way Intelligent Mains Panel (it's the last one on the page http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/UPS.html#aup_2d000_2don.

The important feature is this:

The link to that thread is here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=7899255#post7899255

According to the information there it looks just the ticket. I'm ordering mine tonight. Should be here by Wed at the latest.

I am astounded by what a fantastic idea it is

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Version:R8
Intel C2D 7400, Nvidia 5600 via HDMI to Samsung B37B650TW (PAL), Asus P5QL-E mobo, 4Gb PC6400 DDR2 ram, Samsung Spinpoint 500 Gb & 1Tb drive, Nova-HD-S2 (x2)

Yeah, they're quite funky looking devices. I have been tempted by those actually, at the moment I just switch the whole thing off at the wall once the PC is shut down...

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Mephi
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R5.5
Opteron 2.Ghz
1Gb Ram, 200Gb Maxtor PATA
Avermedia 771 DVB-T
Hauppauge Nova-S2 (waiting to be installed)
MS MCE2 Remote

My only slight reservation is it says that it will turn on any other connected items within three seconds. I doubt 3 seconds of boot up will fry the system...

By the way, I am useless with a soldering iron. Last time I tried I ended up with far to much solder and the end of the components I was soldering looked like that scene in Terminator 2 where ths liquid terminator is blown apart and twisted. Sorta...

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Version:R8
Intel C2D 7400, Nvidia 5600 via HDMI to Samsung B37B650TW (PAL), Asus P5QL-E mobo, 4Gb PC6400 DDR2 ram, Samsung Spinpoint 500 Gb & 1Tb drive, Nova-HD-S2 (x2)

Finally bought one of these oneclick babies.... They are cool.
On www.overclockers.co.uk they are listed as £20. I got a new one off ebay for 99p (£5.99 inc postage) - brilliant!!!!
I plugged it all together, and when I pressed the power button, my water cooler started as did my TV. - Excellent Smithers.
I shall investigate how well this works with wake-up-to-record (hopefully) by this weekend.

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Version:R8
Intel C2D 7400, Nvidia 5600 via HDMI to Samsung B37B650TW (PAL), Asus P5QL-E mobo, 4Gb PC6400 DDR2 ram, Samsung Spinpoint 500 Gb & 1Tb drive, Nova-HD-S2 (x2)