Thanks Maxi, I'll take a look at what you say in a few days because now I'm trying to solve a problem with one of the speakers and I have all my system "patas arriba" *

Regards,
Juan

*upside down

Thanks Coen, thats a similar situation than the one Alain said happens with his mb which is similar to mine. So trying to lower the CPU frequency by means of undervoltage, in this case, could make the computer hangs. Or is there any other method to lower the CPU frequency other than undervolting?

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Juan

Thanks Peter and Alain. It seems that with my motherboard it is impossible to avoid the fans.

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Juan

Peter thanks,

How do you cool down silently the cpu?

Where could I find information on how to lower the CPU frequency in the forum? If I remember well it not only helps to have lower temperature but also better SQ.

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Juan

Yes Maxi, I agree with your last two posts

Best regards,
Juan

Great posts from all of you, sharing some personal and emotive feelings and circumstances. Thanks

Rakesh, thanks to you specially for your kind words, of course no problem in case you have an opinion different than mine. I accept it the same way I accept any other´s opinion.

I´d like to explain myself better just in case I was unable to do it in the first post. Perhaps Peter was right and I beat around the bush a bit.

I agree that internet can or could be a good source for musical culture, I agree also, as I stated in many other posts, that we need to put the tweaks where they must be, just as an instrument to the final goal which is listen and enjoy music.

But in this topic, I was talking about the Audiophiles and specifically about "the madness to pursue the best possible sound until almost exhaustion". What I tried to say is to recognize the merit of the people that, even at the age that many of us have, are still chasing the chimera of the "perfect sound". Perfect in the sense of a sound that is as real as possible. We know that tha´s an illusion, we know that there is no perfect sound except the one you can listen directly, but still we seek.

In the first post I was trying to convey an almost philosophical, existential, idea. The idea of pursuing perfection, that´s what I find meaningful. That´t what I think has a special merit.

And, above all, I see it as a quality that can be applied to many areas of our life.  Go in search of the illusion and strive to approach to it. That´s what I think makes us better. As someone said, the truth is not the at the finish, but on the way.

Kind regards,
Juan

Peter,

The ultimate goal seems to be a Music Pc with nothing inside except the motherboard and memory. Now that the music is on a LAN, to put the OS and XXHE on Ram is another step in that direction. A big step forward that requires, as it seems, overcoming enormous difficulties.

I would like to make a couple of questions about something much more ordinary, I'm a little embarrassed due to the high level of this topic, but here are the questions: what about the cpu fan? Your XXHighEnd PC has one fan and I have three. And, what about the power supply? Is there a way to feed the PC with an external power supply? We know they have also influence in the SQ.

Regards,
Juan

Are audiophiles, the really crazy ones, an endangered species? When I say "the really crazy ones" I mean especially those who follow this forum. There seems to be no difficulty enough to stop us. As an example see the last thread "And now my sound is SCARY". But something else strikes me. Just for curiosity, have you noticed in the age of the forum members? Ok, I´m one of the older if not the oldest one but from what I've seen, the average age is over 40, probably some more. What does this mean? Some time ago, even today, in the audiophile world (and in the other one too) the age was associated with purchasing power, that is, one could not afford a sound at a certain level if it was not spending a significant sum on each component. Even today with computer music you have to spend big money, for the average person, in some components (speakers, etc.). Things are changing a bit with the arrival of computer music, at least some components and software, are not so expensive. But that's not either what caught my attention. The really funny thing is the madness to pursue the best possible sound until almost exhaustion. No limit is in the mind of these crazy audiophiles and that´s what really define us. Some people, some mature person like me, still are trying to get that perfect sound desperately. Were we educated differently? What will happen with the new audiophile generations? Will they fight so hard or settle for less? What are we, dreamers or sick?
In case we are sick, I hope we are not in terminal phase, I hope we still have many years to come of enjoyment and with the pleasure to share it.
Oh, and I also hope that young people at some point feel the same enthusiasm.

Thanks folks,

Juan

Alt+f4 works but in my computer it makes it just faster. The error message still appears but in this case only for tenths of second.

Juan

Peter,

Now I see that you used Windows Boot Device. I can get there but no idea how to put Windows in the Ram, so better I wait for your instructions.

Juan

Famous: refer to someone or something widely known.

Until now it was not known by anyone, so it was known only in the imagination of those who read the forum. A kind of virtual fame. But enough speculation.

If I have to see it in the bios, in my case at least, or it is not possible or I don´t know how. Or it is not in the bios?

Come on Peter, you can not leave us this way!




Rakesh, this is my vote: -0,5 

I hesitate to vote worst just in case Peter gets angry and we have to wait one more week. 


Juan

Are you guys trying get on our nerves? 

Is that the famous tweak?

Juan

Yes Peter, right click in the Stop button to reboot from XXHighEnd 2.02

Thanks,
Juan

Peter,

When reboot (right click in Stop button) appears an error:

ChangeWP.exe. Application error.

The application failed to start properly (Oxc0000142). Click Accept to close it.

After a few seconds it disappears and the pc reboots normally. Not sure if it is important or not but just in case...

Juan