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  1. madmat

    Zalman Reserator 2 Fanless Water Cooling

    If the pump wiring doesn't route out the base I'd just chop the wire and remove the pump. They have to intend for pump replacement in the event it fails and no, you won't put the new pump in the R2 since it's not designed to be submersed. It has to go inline.
  2. madmat

    Zalman Reserator 2 Fanless Water Cooling

    Yes the Reserator is aluminum but it's anodized inside and out. Also, a bare copper block would be less reactive than gold plated copper. The more noble the metal the higher the reactivity with aluminum. I don't understand why they plate them at all myself.
  3. madmat

    Zalman Reserator 2 Fanless Water Cooling

    Where does the power cord enter the area the pump is in? The R 1V2 came with a plug for the cord pass-thru.
  4. madmat

    Zalman Reserator 2 Fanless Water Cooling

    Well, I haven't worked with the Reserator 2 so I have no earthly idea how it comes apart. Read your manual is all I can say. The Reserator 1V2 is pretty simple, the base unscrews although you need two full grown men and a small boy to get it loose and god forbid that you over tighten it putting...
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    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    You can vilify Al Gore but every person with wealth does the same thing. The CEO of the car plant in your home town probably makes ol' Al look like a boy scout. The only way things will change is if governments become involved and say "You have to stop making wasteful vehicles" and stop giving...
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    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    Good thinking. We should abolish the EPA, get rid of emission testing and shut down all the recycling centers. Stop recycling cars and instead just let them sit and moulder away in wrecking yards or in backwoods and start using the mines we have to dig for metal ores as landfills. Allow the...
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    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    I have a question though...about the paper waste. If it's buried what do we do when we run out of room? The landfills today are very fast running out of room and if we start dumping more waste into the landfill system which is already at max capacity what happens when we end up running out of...
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    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    No, I never read it because I knew that there was no way in hell that a Hummer would cost less to own and operate than a Prius. I've never read up on the H3 aside from reading things about it by people that have looked at them and said how weak they were...gutless, way too much car for the...
  9. madmat

    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    No, I dismiss the author's article because it's slanted and inaccurate, wildly so. I never said I found fault with the study, I said the article smacks of propaganda and it does. He's twisting the findings of the study to suit his needs is he not? He claims the Prius is less green than the...
  10. madmat

    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    No but if I were to contact the author of the article personally to disabuse him of the half truths he uses to propagate his point I'd be more diplomatic with him than you were with me.
  11. madmat

    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    I see that as denigrating, there's no need for it, you could've used different wording. If you want an example of how to deal with someone that's mistaken look to the Tt cooler reviews that I posted in last week. And no, I don't think the author handled his article well, half truths are the...
  12. madmat

    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    Keep denigrating me and you'll go back to being a guest in these forums. You seem to forget that I'm a mod here and I have the option of making you go away.
  13. madmat

    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    Nowhere in there did I find the H3. Hell it took me 20 minutes to locate the H1 and H2 and the author never differentiates between any of the Hummer lines, he just says "Hummer" but he gives the figures for the miniature version with a diminutive (compared to it's predecessors) 3.5l gas engine...
  14. madmat

    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    Now tell me how the Hummer is beating anything when the Prius is clearly lower at a cost per mile dust to dust? Those figures are from the study that you're throwing in my face and all it serves you is to show that the author is full of...well, you know. As I said, it looks strongly like...
  15. madmat

    Zalman Reserator 2 Fanless Water Cooling

    It's because of the waveform change. The UPS is using a simulated sine wave which is actually square and the motor in the pump doesn't like that so it causes it to stop running. I'd set the UPS to shut the PC down after 30 seconds and call it a day unless you want to lay out the cash for a true...
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    Hummer beats a Prius in environmentally friendly tests

    The Chevrolet Aveo that the author recommends as the most fuel efficient alternative to the Prius (based on dollars per mile) is made by who? GM. As to the damage caused by the manufacture of the Hummer...you're overlooking the steel going into it (enough to build 3 or 4 Prius') along with the...
  17. madmat

    Ultra XVS 600W Power Supply

    Well, if you like the black Flex-Force cables with the Ultra then you'll love the Corsair, it uses the same type of cables so it'll fit right in. They're black as well.
  18. madmat

    Ultra XVS 600W Power Supply

    No, it doesn't have SLI or Crossfire cables. As I said you'd have to use the adapter but I really would advise against using it for X1900 Crossfire as it only has a 35A 12V rail. For that I'd suggest something along the lines of the Corsair HX620W.
  19. madmat

    Ultra XVS 600W Power Supply

    What cards are you considering getting? You'd have to use the included molex to PCI-e adapters that come with your cards but for everything but the X1900 series and 7900GTX series and up cards you should be fine.
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    Happy Birthday Madmat!

    Thanks man, I wouldn't be what I am now without y'all either :D
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