[CUBE] 2mx heat

[George Pepper]

I have a GF3, which has a fan, and I have to be careful about the 
heat... I got "ThermoInDock" to monitor the CPU temp, and I raised the 
Cube 1/4" on some lifters at the corners... This eases the 
thermodynamic cooling and as long as I keep the ambient temp at 75F or 
less, I have no problems... Running my Formac Studio TVR to watch TV 
seems to generate the most heat for me, but I've gotten it to where the 
CPU never gets above 133F, which is comfortably within the "green 
zone"... If it goes above 140F, I shut it down [Don't have that problem 
since raising the Cube]... Since the heat sensor is in the CPU, and not 
the video card, I play it safe... Several list members have burnt 
GF3's, but I've never heard a tale of woe about the GF2... It was a 
factory option, so you should be OK...

Pep

On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 01:35  AM, cube at 10k.org wrote:

>
> I pulled a 32MB Geforce2mx card out of my desktop G4 and am thinking 
> about
> putting it in my cube. Is it safe to install it with the original small
> "cheese grater" heatsink?  jake