[oclug]Noisy PC's (Was Linux and power supplies)

[Brian Barber]

I remember a story in The Register about melting Cubes.  I looked for 
it, but came up empty.  My mind must be failing with age, which is bad 
news for anyone 34 or older.  The Cubes actually had a notorious bad 
rep for cracks in the outer case, and did quite well with heat.  Many 
of the stories about the Cube's heat-related problems arose around 
special unofficial customizations by the owner, or around video 
upgrades using off-the-shelf ATI Radeon cards.  Something about an 
inadequate heatsink...

To be honest, I'd really like to pick one up, just because I think they 
look cool.

BB

Brian Barber
Ottawa, ON   CANADA
brian.barber at mysun.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Smith <patsmith at pobox.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:54 am
Subject: Re: [oclug]Noisy PC's (Was Linux and power supplies)

> Brian Barber wrote:
> > The G4 Cubes had heat problems of their own.  I heard that a few 
> of 
> > them actually caught fire.
> 
> Do you have references for this, or is it just a rumor?
> 
> I have a Cube, and am running Linux on it, and it's _really_ 
> quiet. 
> Only two moving parts -- the DVD drive (off almost all the time, 
> but 
> does make some noise when running), and the hard drive (I replaced 
> the 
> original one with a Seagate Barracuda ATA IV, precisely for silence).
> -- 
> patsmith at pobox.com
> 
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