> At my wit's end, I figured I would have to swap out video cards from my > other G4 (466 DA) to narrow it down. Before trying that, I popped the > heatsink off to inspect the processors. They were caked in dust just as > the rest of the unit had been, and their thermal pads and grease were > burned away. > > I applied Arctic Silver and hoped for the best. > > It turns out that was the trick! The processors had been overheating. This > monster is now maxed out with RAM, with various PCI cards, and running my > programs like a champ! > > The whole debugging process took about 2 weeks.
I am a firm believer in Arctic Silver's products: 1) Cleaner (removes old heat-transfer goop pretty well), 2) Purifier (removes the remaining goop, the cleaner, and prepares the heat sink and the processor for the new heat transfer goop), and 3) the heat transfer goop itself. There are better products on the market, namely the ones which feature diamond dust (turns out diamonds are an excellent heat conductor, and this measurable property is used to identify real and fake diamonds), but the Arctic Silver product works in almost all cases. -- 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
