Replacing the thermal compound between the CPU and the heatpipes of the cooling solution often results in far cooler temperatures and sometimes higher performance. Lets find out more.
Update: 10 GBit Home Network
First of all my 10 Gigabit connection is still working. Over the last year I used varying linux kernels between 3.18 and 4.0. But in terms of features those kernels are over 2 years old. Therefore this post deals with the issues from last time concerning kernel releases 4.1 and greater.
Update: Apple Power Mac G5 casemod
Since a few people didn’t like the original brownish color of the Noctua fans in the front, I redid this part. After disassembly, I only coated both frames with matt black paint, let it dry and put it back together.
Apple Power Mac G5 casemod
This project took many weekends over this summer. Originally I wanted to do a build log over this time to show its progress. But whenever I found time, I rather continued the casemod instead of writing here. At least I took many photos over this period of time to document its progress.
10 GBit Home Network
Finally I got my 10 Gigabit connection working. It took many hours scattered over two months. From the uncertainty that the used hardware may have a bug, over driver to linux kernel issues. But all in all is a 10 GBit home network worth it?