[CUBE] My Cube updates

[mentholiptus]

On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 01:54  AM, Joel Pelletier wrote:

> I have just received a new GeForce 3, and have removed the fan and the 
> heatsink that goes atop the top row of DIMMS (the fins go in the wrong 
> direction for proper venting). I replaced the fan with a large CPU 
> heatsink, and the DIMM heatsink with another that has horizonltal fins 
> (the long way). Now ALL of the heatsinks allow air to run across their 
> fins from the bottom to the top of the Cube for better heat venting. 
> It does run hot, so (for now) I placed a Panaflow fan (getting about 7 
> volts from an external wall wart)UNDER the Cube (on screws acting as 
> "feet") to run just a bit of air, quite SILENTLY, past BOTH the CPU 
> and video card. Everything seems wonderful, and the 64 MB GeForce 3 
> FLYS thru scrolling, window opening, etc.


How long have you been using it like this? Curious. I'd love to see 
this work for you, and not ruin the system!  :)



jesse





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