[CUBE] Giga Upgrade

[Nicolas]

Anthony Kulesa wrote:

> Got my Gigadesigns upgrade and spent 3 (!) hours last evening installing 
> it. Lots of little connectors and screws to keep track of. It doesn't 
> come with any instructions, so I downloaded the Powerlogix video and 
> Sonnet PDF from cubeowner.com. Worked quite well, except those sources 
> of info had instructions for installing a fan and replacing the thermal 
> transfer plate, neither of which are required for the Giga card. Anyway, 
> it is an involved process, but nothing a careful person can't do. I set 
> mine at 1 Ghz (it comes configured to 1.2 Ghz), but will probabably go 
> up to 1.2 soon since it can be changed easily without taking anything 
> apart.
> 
> The instructions made no mention of thermal paste so I didn't put any 
> between the thermal transfer plate and the Cube's heatsink. I'm now 
> wondering if I should have. Anyone know if it makes that much difference?
> 
> I have the stock ATI video card and a upgraded 120 gig Seagate drive. I 
> can't imagine the 120 Seagate generates much more heat than a stock 20 
> gig Maxtor, so I should be able to go fanless to 1.2 Ghz.
> 
> One thing I did notice is that the app Thermoindock no longer launches. 
> I realize it's not super accurate, but it was useful to get an idea of 
> relative temperatures. Gotta find a new way to monitor temps now.
> 
> Any YES, everything is faster. When rebooting, the little blue bar gets 
> about halfway across the screen, then BOOM, the desktop appears!

Glad to hear Powerlogix did *at least* one thing right. Their video is 
very useful indeed. Their upgrade CPUs are marred with problems and 
their customer service sucks gravel.

Nicolas

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