Hi,

THe default fan on the G4 CPU Card that comes with Pegasos is too noisy. I would like to mount another cooling solution but first I would like to have some information about it:

- At which temperatures does the G4-1000 operate? When idle and high loaded?

- Is a fan really needed? There are very successful northbridge coolers like Zalman NJ47, can I use them?

http://www.1coolpc.com/nb47j1.htm
http://www.silentpcreview.com/News+article-sid-301-mode-thread.html



- Does the G4 have a self protection against high temperatures? Like shutting itself down or slowing down the system like the P4 CPU's? So if I apply a passive cooler, will the G4 explode without letting me know?

- Are the holes around the G4 CPU based on a standard? Will a cooling solution like this fit?

http://www.spirecoolers.com/hdd.asp?prodid=12


It's a great thing that Pegasos comes out with Cool Computing slogan. Well it is cool, but at the same time noisy, just because of the CPU fan. I want Cool and Noisy Computing :)))

Gfx card coolers should fit.

I'm using the Zalman with no additoinal fan since 5 month
now and my peg is on 24/7 ... it gets quite hot but I've
not yet suffered a crash from heat (I believe) ... since
a few days I've it running in a desktop with only a 200W
PSU with a small fan and it's still running without probs
and as it seems we get no real summer here in germany this
wont change