[Cube] Kernel panics, etc...

[S Keene]

I've got various original parts from my October 2000 G4 cube if any use 
to anyone for cost of postage. They were all working fine when they 
left the computer. -(Now upgraded to 1.2 GHz Sonnet processor and 
GForce2 MX graphics card and larger hard disk, all work great )

Original processor - not sure what the spec was, it was the fastest at 
the time
128MB memory chip
Original hard drive - 20 GB I think
Original ATI rage 128 graphics card

Can the Cube be upgraded to USB2, does anyone know? Any chance we will 
get an Intel processor upgrade in due course?

Suzanne

http://www.suzannekeene.info


On 28 Jan 2006, at 00:13, Riba wrote:

>
> On Jan 27, 2006, at 19:35, Rob In der Maur wrote:
>
>> Riba, et. al.
>>
>> I think your suggestion does make a lot of sense. I do have an NVidia 
>> 2MX as graphics card. I still can feel that the fan from the CPU 
>> upgrade doing its work, but you might we right about the fan of the 
>> graphics card.
>> Is there any way to verify that this indeed the problem without 
>> dismantling my Cube (e.g. is there some software that can run a test 
>> on the graphics card and figure out whether something is wrong with 
>> it)? And if something is wrong, how hard is it to get a replacement?
>
> This is a toguh one. Nvidia 2MX does not have an active cooler (fan). 
> The Cube specific version came with a huge passive heatsink, but the 
> regular versions had a much smaller one but they usually worked just 
> fine in a Cube. However some people reported their cards overheating.
> You may try to open up your Cube (just remove the core) and check if 
> the card is properly seated in its slot. Unfortunately there is no 
> positive test that the graphic card is overheating because it will 
> function fine until it overheats. The best test is to try with a 
> different card. They can be pretty hard to come by these days, but you 
> might find an ATI Rage 128 which should be fairly cheap and be useful 
> for the testing purposes.
> Personally I believe that the best option is Radeon 7500 if you can 
> find one. They were not available in the cube, but some Quicksilver 
> desktops were sold with them, they fit nicely once you remove the 
> metal bracket.
> You can try to remove the heatsink on the 2MX (it's a toughie since it 
> is glued to the chip) and put a better cooler on.
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