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| FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: JustMichael on February 17, 2007, 04:40:45 am ---FrizzleFried, do you happen to live on or near a military base? The reason I ask is that a lot of the frequencies that garage door openers use has been allocated to the military now by the FCC. --- End quote --- Nope...closest base is in Mountain Home some 40-50 miles away. This issue also happened in San Diego, but I WAS much closer to a military base there (15 miles or so). |
| FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on February 17, 2007, 10:28:17 am ---You have to have a case in order for a motherboard to qualify as an FCC Class B device. Those cutaway side panel with plexiglass windows or those whole plexiglass cases don't pass FCC testing, so don't bother using them. This paper has a nice description on how to handle and reduce EMI fields http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/26003.pdf It points out some details even I wasn't aware of. Such as it's the length of the gap in the case not the width that causes problems and grounding heat sinks. --- End quote --- Thank you VERY much...this info is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I will report my results when I get a chance to work on that cab.... |
| fixedpigs:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 17, 2007, 10:33:51 am ---Nope...closest base is in Mountain Home some 40-50 miles away. This issue also happened in San Diego, but I WAS much closer to a military base there (15 miles or so). --- End quote --- heh...i used to live at mountain home afb back in '84-'86...! this whole emi thread is very interesting...i never knew... here's a couple of questions... when should i be concerned about this...? how do i know if it's a problem...? |
| FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: fixedpigs on February 17, 2007, 11:28:48 am --- --- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 17, 2007, 10:33:51 am ---Nope...closest base is in Mountain Home some 40-50 miles away. This issue also happened in San Diego, but I WAS much closer to a military base there (15 miles or so). --- End quote --- heh...i used to live at mountain home afb back in '84-'86...! this whole emi thread is very interesting...i never knew... here's a couple of questions... when should i be concerned about this...? how do i know if it's a problem...? --- End quote --- I just picked up my Basset Hound puppy from the base (well, just outside of the base)... I found out it was a problem when I couldn't open my garage door when my PC was on. I became concerned about it when my NEIGHBORS couldn't open THEIR garage doors when the PC was on. |
| tikbalang:
try enabling "spread spectrum" in the bios. this is supposed to reduce emi. |
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