Hi All,
I am hoping someone can help shed some light on an issue with my new GeCube X1950XT AGP card. I posted this in the graphic cards section of the forum but didn't get a response. I am hoping that maybe the ATI specific part of the forum might have someone who can help, possibly some has experience with the same card.
I hate to seem like a pest about it but I have three kids and two parents with Alzheimer's in my house which my wife and I take care of and I'm just nervous and would like to try and make sure there won't be any possible hazards...not to mention, I don't want to melt a cable and ruin it, the card, my HDD or the mobo.
OK, here is the issue, I just bought and installed a new GeCube X1950XT AGP card and it is huge! I already moved my sound card down two PCI slots and I guess I have about 3/4 to 1" of room between the edge of the dual fans on the 1950XT and the sound card. I hope that will be enough and not create any interference or heat issues. However, not only does the massive heatsink and fans make the card wide, it is also long as all heck! The end of the card is literally no more than a 1/4" from my HDD...probably more like an 1/8". Now, I am not so much worried about that (am I an egghead and I should be??) but the power cable and the SATA cable that go to that drive literally end up lying against the copper plate on the backside of the GeCube card. The actual connectors of the cables are physically up against the plate...not just the cables themselves.
Is that bad? How hot does that copper plate get? I don't know if that is supposed to function like a heatsink or just as protection for the underside of the card. Do you think it can possibly melt or do some type of damage to the cables? Worst case, is there a potential fire hazard or something? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This link will take you to some photos of the card...you can see how enormous it is. You can also see the copper plate on the back that I am referring to:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowI...256-bit+GDDR3+AGP+8X+HDCP+Video+Card+-+Retail
Thanks in advance!
13Bravo
USHA!
I am hoping someone can help shed some light on an issue with my new GeCube X1950XT AGP card. I posted this in the graphic cards section of the forum but didn't get a response. I am hoping that maybe the ATI specific part of the forum might have someone who can help, possibly some has experience with the same card.
I hate to seem like a pest about it but I have three kids and two parents with Alzheimer's in my house which my wife and I take care of and I'm just nervous and would like to try and make sure there won't be any possible hazards...not to mention, I don't want to melt a cable and ruin it, the card, my HDD or the mobo.
OK, here is the issue, I just bought and installed a new GeCube X1950XT AGP card and it is huge! I already moved my sound card down two PCI slots and I guess I have about 3/4 to 1" of room between the edge of the dual fans on the 1950XT and the sound card. I hope that will be enough and not create any interference or heat issues. However, not only does the massive heatsink and fans make the card wide, it is also long as all heck! The end of the card is literally no more than a 1/4" from my HDD...probably more like an 1/8". Now, I am not so much worried about that (am I an egghead and I should be??) but the power cable and the SATA cable that go to that drive literally end up lying against the copper plate on the backside of the GeCube card. The actual connectors of the cables are physically up against the plate...not just the cables themselves.
Is that bad? How hot does that copper plate get? I don't know if that is supposed to function like a heatsink or just as protection for the underside of the card. Do you think it can possibly melt or do some type of damage to the cables? Worst case, is there a potential fire hazard or something? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This link will take you to some photos of the card...you can see how enormous it is. You can also see the copper plate on the back that I am referring to:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowI...256-bit+GDDR3+AGP+8X+HDCP+Video+Card+-+Retail
Thanks in advance!
13Bravo
USHA!