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Re: Finally got my new iMac!

From sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Finally got my new iMac!
Date 2015-03-29 15:36 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:48:53 +0000, Jolly Roger wrote:


> Yep. The fan on the Radeon HD 4870 is attached to a heat sink with
> thermal paste between the heat sink and the GPU. Replacing it requires
> you to remove the heat sink and thermal paste and replace it with new
> thermal paste (and the new fan). The RAM chips are cooled with thermal
> pads connected to the card chassis rather than thermal grease to the
> heat sink. Here's what the poor thing looked like when I first took it
> apart:
> 
> <http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=m3epi&s=8>
> 
> You can see that the thermal paste had hardened up a bit, and probably
> wasn't doing as good of a job transferring heat from the silicon to the
> sink. I bought this Mac Pro back in 2008, and while I do give the
> computer a good dusting once or twice a year, I had never taken the
> graphics card apart in all that time. So the dust buildup inside of the
> graphics card was substantial. Needless to say it runs a lot cooler and
> a lot quieter now that I've given it a good cleaning, new thermal paste,
> and a new fan. : )

A question as to Apple video cards.  Why are they so expensive?  They are 
the same as the regular PC card, so what makes the price difference?  I 
have read something about them needing to be "flashed" like a BIOS?
As Seinfeld would say, "What's the deal?"

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Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-27 23:57 +0000
  Re: Finally got my new iMac! dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-28 11:12 +1100
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 00:25 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-28 12:34 +1100
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 02:01 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-28 09:02 -0400
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:19 +0000
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-28 09:01 -0400
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:20 +0000
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-29 08:40 -0400
  Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 02:00 +0000
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 03:05 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-28 18:12 +1200
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:43 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-03-28 02:04 -0600
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:37 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-28 16:51 -0400
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 21:30 +0000
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 12:42 +1300
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 03:29 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 21:10 +0000
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 21:38 +0000
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 22:26 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 03:26 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 18:01 +1300
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 13:50 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2015-04-02 12:40 -0400
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-29 09:19 +1200
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 21:39 +0000
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 22:20 +0000
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 03:02 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-29 17:19 +1200
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 04:27 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 13:48 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 18:01 +1300
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-28 22:03 +1300
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:34 +0000
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-28 21:42 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 20:52 +0000
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 21:28 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 22:23 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-29 13:45 +1200
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 03:35 +0000
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-29 17:15 +1200
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-29 08:55 -0400
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 14:34 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-29 18:16 -0400
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 13:42 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 14:31 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 14:48 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 15:36 +0000
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-29 08:49 -0400
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 13:52 +0000
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-28 09:04 -0400
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-28 15:16 -0400
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:17 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-28 16:29 -0400
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 21:01 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-28 17:11 -0400
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:16 -0400
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-28 16:29 -0400
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 20:58 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 20:55 +0000
  Re: Finally got my new iMac! DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2015-03-27 23:52 -0700
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:39 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-03-29 01:31 -0700
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 14:48 +0000
  Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-28 22:03 +1300
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:32 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 12:27 +1300
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 02:55 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 18:01 +1300
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-29 02:20 -0700
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 23:41 +1300
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 23:43 +1300
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-29 17:28 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-29 10:47 -0700
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-29 11:25 -0700
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-29 22:12 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-29 15:34 -0700
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-29 17:24 +0000

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