[G4] Removing heat sink from Sonnet G4

James Asherman jimash at optonline.net
Tue Jul 26 19:55:05 PDT 2011


I looked at a picture of it.
Do not take it apart.
  Add a fan instead.
Jim
On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:33 PM, Gary Sucher wrote:

> Has anyone done this before? I purchased a Sonnet G4 1.8gz MDX for  
> my G4 single 1.25 MDD. It works fine but generates too much heat,  
> even with the built-in fan. I want to remove the heatsink and  
> replace it with an Apple copper one from a 1.45 G4 that I have but  
> the Sonnet is screwed in in a proprietary way. I contacted Sonnet  
> but the guy just said they attached it in such a way so customers  
> won’t remove it. Big help. Has anyone done such a thing and can tell  
> me what kind of tool I need?
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
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