[CUBE] 2mx heat

[Gilles Langlois]

Gilles Langlois
gilles.langlois at videotron.ca
On 04-04-05, at 03:15, George Pepper wrote:

> 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
>
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