[CUBE] Sonnet Duet 500

[Richard Clark]

Thanks James and Michael i was just curious it seems i have the highest 
temps out of everyone i know with dual 500 and can't seem to get them 
any lower tried just about everything my guess is the heat spreader 
isn't flat and since i took off the foil it doesn't make good contact 
with the thermal paste, i have a 4 degree difference between the two 
processors with MPU 2 always running hotter than MPU 1 at 100 percent 
cpu usage on both processors i get max temp of 56 c. and 52 c. Guess i 
will need to wait for Okatu to come visit to fix it for me, don't feel 
like pulling down my cube again and hopefully one day i'll find someone 
who can machine the spacers for me because the ones i'm using now 
aren't correct.

Thanks for the info Guys

Richard
On 14 Jan 2004, at 11:10 PM, Michael Pearson wrote:

> Richard,
>
> Yep, has run well for the past 18 months. Very noticeable improvement 
> from stock 450. I use ThermoInDock for temperature monitoring and get 
> temps around 24 DegC (~75 DegF) under normal operation. High CPU 
> tasks, like burning CDs, will crank up to 45 DegC in a hurry. You will 
> need a fan, but there are many quite ones to choose from. It's not 
> noticeable noise if done correctly.
>
> If you can get one of these used it may make sense, but I think some 
> of the PL and Sonnett cards that are out now outperform the Dual 500 
> substantially.
>
> Michael