[CUBE] GeForce 4 and fanless Radeons?

[Sean Terrill]

Quoth Thubten Kunga (Kunga at FutureMedia.org) at 2/17/03 21:03:

> 
> On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 05:57  PM, Sean Terrill wrote:
> 
>>>> Quoth Thubten Kunga (Kunga at FutureMedia.org) at 2/15/03 2:01:
>>>> 
>>>>> Fans Fail. And when (not if) they do, the GPU burns up rendering the
>>>>> video card DEAD. I was determined to find a solution that kept fans
>>>>> out
>>>>> of my 500 MHz Cubes with 120 GB HDs inside. This is the only fan
>>>>> free
>>>>> TwinView solution for the Cube.
>>>> 
>>>> ...that you're selling. Not the only fanless TwinView card.
>>> 
>>> Really? What other one is there? I don't know what it is. Please say
>>> what it is.
>> 
>> GeForce 2MX TwinView version
> 
> No such thing. Never seen nor heard of one. How many were made? Where
> can you buy one?

I have no idea how many were made, but they shipped in the G4 towers for a
while. Occasionally one is listed on eBay.

>> Radeon 7000 (requires ROM flashing)
> 
> Brand new news to me. With no fan?

Correct.

http://www.cubeowner.com/forums//index.php?act=ST&f=1&t=1063&hl=7000&s=15134
35055f16cd87b1c6bf2ff02ef9f

>> Radeon 8500 (requires hardware modifications and/or ROM flashing)
> 
> Definitely has a fan on it. You know of one without a fan? Never heard
> of one fitting.

You may be right. I thought I'd seen a fanless version but it looks like I
was mistaken.

>> Radeon 9000 (requires hardware modifications)
> 
> Fanless in Cube? Really? 64MB or 128 MB? Never heard of one fitting. If
> it does, I want one.

64 MB. It's been discussed to death on the CubeOwner forums.

>> ProMax Matrox DualHead
> 
> Does not work with OS X. I know this because I had to return one I
> bought from ProMax.

True.

Sean Terrill
a10t2 at mac.com
http://a10t2.cjb.net
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