congrats. you snagged a great deal. the temp you noted qualitatively w/ your fingers is quite normal for the 1.0DP. also, if the CPU fan is disconnected or not working, the computer will automatically shut down. you can see this for yourself if you pull the leads to the fan off while it's running. if you want, you can apply thermal grease to the surface of the processor chips and reseat the heatsink. i *hesitate* to recommend this, because the average person will apply 10,000% too much thermal grease, and make the situation worse, not better. the grease must be used EXTREMELY sparingly, just enough to fill the contact gaps between the chip surface and the heatsink surface. if you apply more and separate the processor chip from direct contact with the heatsink, you can cause the processors to fry. thermal grease is NOT a better thermal conductor than direct contact. if you've ever wiped up a spill and seen a thin film left behind, that is the thickness of thermal grease that would improve the cooling capacity of the heatsink. no more. the CPU fan IS on the top. *top* is relative to the location of the CPU, not the center of the earth. ;o)
if you are not running an optical drive or ZIP drive (which was common in QS's), you could reroute the molex power cord that normally connects there. and four HD's should be no problem for the PS. just more heat. try to spread them out as much as possible. this will mean getting some longer IDE ribbons. jt On Mar 23, 9:32 pm, Albert Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > I recently got a QuickSilver G4 1.0Ghz DP for 25 bucks I was informed it > was freezing up but the previous owner thought it might have been RAM > related. I've changed out the RAM and run several runs of XBench (figured > this would stress enough for problems to come out). I have seen no problems > via that. I don't have any Apple Hardware Diagnostics that works for this > Macintosh (is this available as a free download from Apple by any chance?). I > have noticed something though - The heatsink on top of the processors seems > to get VERY HOT. Like if I shutdown the computer and open the side and touch > the heatsink it is just cool enough so it doesn't cause a burn, is this > normal? I have checked the fan that is under the shroud that routes out of > the case and it spins and runs so its not that that isn't working. If this > processor normally runs hot is there any better way to cool it a side fan > doesn't seem like a very effective way of cooling (I'm from the PC > World where heatsinks have fans on top). > > Next question I plan on setting this up as a server and want to add > harddrives to it but have noticed there are a total of 5 or 6 molex plugs for > internal harddrives however most of them route inconviently. Is the PSU on > this computer adequate enough to run 4 hard drives if I get splitters? If not > does this take a standard ATX based PSU or do I need to get a compatable > higher wattage one? > > Thank You, > Albert Carter -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
