Re: G4 Cube headless?

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Aug 6, 2008, at 1:13 AM, John wrote:

> Well, I don't have a G4 Cube, but I do know the graphics card uses  
> a miniscule amount of power compared to the rest of the systehm so  
> there's really no reason to remove it if you're having such  
> problems. The easiest way to measure this is to get one of those  
> Kill-a-watt measuring devices if you don't already have one. For  
> comparison, I have a Celeron 220-based mini-itx system that uses 40  
> watts idle including the 500 GB 7200 RPM harddrive.

That depends on the graphics board. The G4 Cube came with a Rage 128  
or Radeon based card, usually the fastest one they could run without  
a fan in the cube's tiny case. The higher end variants of both chip  
families are veritable power guzzlers which produce a lot of heat  
even when idling around.
So, I'd recommend finding a low end AGP card that fits into the cube,  
preferably one that comes without a heat sink. Anything mach64-based  
would do nicely.

have fun
Michael

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