Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:01:41 -0500
From: the infamous RMX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [PCI] Xlr8 overheating
Could this be caused by processor overheating? The Xlr8 will idle at
43-47 degrees Celsius, going up to 51 degrees when the computer is
actually doing something. The backside cache, supposedly able to run
at 222 MHz according to Xlr8, has to be set down to a much lower
setting to prevent additional crashes. When I first got the card I
broke one of the clips that hold the heat sink on, and although it
stays on by the clips and on the processor fine, it has not much of
the grease that is supposed to be in there to help conduct heat away
from the processor. Is this the problem? Is there something that I
can do about this? My old Sonnet G3 used to run between 25-31
degrees Celsius so I really suspect the problem is overheating.
Overheating can definitely cause those kinds of problems.
You can buy a little tube of zinc based heat sink grease at Radio
Shack for less than $3. The last time I checked, it was blue and
white (the tube) on a card and likely to be hanging on a peg board.
It may not be as fantastic as Arctic Silver, but it's servicable,
cheap and easily accessible.
However, that clip could be causeing you problems. I'd try to find a
replacement if I were you. I'm not sure where to look, as I'm not
really familiar with which heat sink goes with which model.
If it's the X shaped shiney metal clip, you might be able to steal
one off the heat sink for an X100 or 7200 machine. Those used much
small heat sinks, but I think the clip was the same. If it uses the
two parallel, separate clips, then you'll need to find some other
heat sink to salvage it from, such as an early PPC604 based CPU card,
perhaps.
Jeff Walther
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