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Heat issue 8500DV
Is the 8500DV the one with the TV tuner? If so, from what I remember,
that TV tuner is the culprit of heat. The TV tuner on that model is digital and heats up so bad, it can't be touched with a finger. @drian. |
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"@drian" wrote in message ...
Is the 8500DV the one with the TV tuner? If so, from what I remember, that TV tuner is the culprit of heat. The TV tuner on that model is digital and heats up so bad, it can't be touched with a finger. @drian. I have noticed this but never had an actual problem with it. If that really is the issue there is the simple soilution of gluing a heatsink/fan (or even a peltier cooler) on to it with thermal compound. Try just latching it on 1st. You may notice improvement. Just a jerry-rigging suggestion. Make sure that the sink/fan is wither small enough to leave room for your next PCI card or to move your PCI card closest to the AGP slot. |
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 04:25:14 GMT, "@drian" waffled
on about something: Is the 8500DV the one with the TV tuner? If so, from what I remember, that TV tuner is the culprit of heat. The TV tuner on that model is digital and heats up so bad, it can't be touched with a finger. @drian. You're not kidding are you! The bl**dy thing chucks out more heat than an overclocked Athlon! You'd have thought they might have put some sort of standby circuitry in it for when you're not actually watching something. I hate to think the juice that thing is burning up during the 99% of it's life I'm not actually using it to tune to anything! D0d6y. -- MUSHROOMS ARE THE OPIATE OF THE MOOSES |
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You're not kidding are you! The bl**dy thing chucks out more heat
than an overclocked Athlon! You'd have thought they might have put some sort of standby circuitry in it for when you're not actually watching something. I hate to think the juice that thing is burning up during the 99% of it's life I'm not actually using it to tune to anything! I was a bit shocked at first. I sold my card when I found that out, only because it heats up the inside of the PC so much. I'll note, that ATI has used analog tuners from now on (i.e. longer tuners -vs- shorter digital ones), and ditched the digital version. Toms Hardware also noted the same thing in their article. @drian. |
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