[CUBE] Powerlogix upgrade, fan issues

Thubten Kunga Kunga at FutureMedia.org
Sat Nov 30 13:15:44 PST 2002


Yes you need to keep the fan on the video card GPU for a GeForce 3 card 
and eventually that fan will fail. The alternative is the heatsink 
cooled Radeon 7500 TwinView Apple OEM which I have for sale. It's the 
fastest video card you can put in a Cube without a GPU fan and it's 
TwinView.

Kunga

On Saturday, November 30, 2002, at 10:53  AM, Joel Pelletier wrote:

> If I install the 1gig
> upgrade, which has its own fan, do I need to keep the fan on the video 
> card
> running as well, or can I disconnect it? I have NEVER had heat problems
> with the unit (and miss the VERY quiet old but slower video card), and 
> only
> keep some little 1/4" rubber feet on each corner to raise it up a bit 
> and
> allow for a bit more venting.
>
> Joel Pelletier
> http://www.joelp.org



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