Took a chance, now what

[imactheknife]

So i grabbed a 8100/110 board on ebay and it works. I did have a pds card to put in slot to test. Not sure what to do with it now lol..no case for it. Do you put thermal paste on these? It has a thermal pad by the looks of it under the heat sink so decided to not take off. Will recap it this weekend.

 

[Phipli]

So i grabbed a 8100/110 board on ebay and it works. I did have a pds card to put in slot to test. Not sure what to do with it now lol..no case for it. Do you put thermal paste on these? It has a thermal pad by the looks of it under the heat sink so decided to not take off. Will recap it this weekend.

Best to leave the cooling solution be - it has a peltier effect cooler (active cooling) and I believe they're fairly delicate (and probably doesn't need maintenance at this point). No need to poke at things without reason - I mean, if it isn't overheating?

You're also not meant to run them with the ODS slot empty. I've heard people say they've had no problems, but technically it is out of spec. Apple shipped some with a special termination card for when they didn't have a PDS card.

Sounds like you're going to have to build your own case for it