Upgrade video and processor at the same time?

Snow White jj4 at sympatico.ca
Mon Nov 3 13:20:45 PST 2003


Ken;

Make sure you get a tube of Heat Gel (arctic silver I think) for the 
CPU/Heatsink connection.  I don't see any reason why you cannot do both 
at the same time.  Just take your time and do it well.

jj


On Monday, November 3, 2003, at 08:07 AM, Cube List wrote:

> So I=B9ve noticed that upgrading things seems to be the cheap way to 
> go, so
> that=B9s what I=B9m going to do.  I=B9ve got a Sonnet 1.2Ghz processor 
> sitting
> here with the kit, and I=B9m going to order the Radeon 9000 video card 
> from
> OWC and the new Cube enclosure from Powerlogix tomorrow.  My question 
> is, I
> noticed that you have to remove the video card in order to install the
> processor, would I be pushing my luck too much by trying to install 
> both at
> the same time?  It seems like I would save some serious time, unless 
> it goe=
> s
> poorly, in which case I=B9m not saving any time at all.
>
> Of course, it would all be put into the new enclosure.  I mean, I=B9m 
> only
> shelling out about $980 for all of these upgrades.  Do I need to do
> something software or firmware wise before I start taking things apart?
>
> -Ken



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