I got the ZimaCube Creator Pack and played with it for some days.
Currently it is not stable to use due to over heat problems. The problem even exists after replacing the cooler with NH-L9x65 cooler. So let me go into more details below.
The original cooler is not correctly seated.
When I was replacing the original cooler with the NH-L9x65, I found the screws of the original cooler are some kind of loosen. So I guess this is the reason on why I saw the box goes overheat (100 ° C) and automatically shutdown before.
After replacing the cooler and put everything back (including the RTX 2000 Ada), then I still see the overheat and shutdown sometimes. And even in the BIOS setting screen, the device hangs like below:
I connected my TV with HDMI to the on-board HDMI output, not the mini-DP on the RTX 2000 Ada.
All these are noticed after installing Proxmox instead of the ZimaOS. Then I changed back to ZimaOS 1.2.3 with clean install from USB and then checking the thermal by keep reading from /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone1/temp, and still can see like below when the ZimaOS is installing some apps:
I’ll keep monitoring this.
And as the RTX 2000 Ada card takes 2 slots, it seems some kind of crowed in the box like below.
I’m wondering if the IceWhale team has tested the thermal and airflow with the RTX 2000 Ada installed? I see the ZimaCube New Three-Heatpipe Cooling Solution Comparison Test . Not sure if it will help the case with the RTX 2000 Ada installed.
Also looks like only the PWM slope can be changed in BIOS hardware monitoring automatic mode.
If set to manual mode, nothing can be manually set. I would like to try different combinations for the Fan start temperature.
BTW, the above snapshot of the temperatures are captured when I set the Fan mode in BIOS to “Full mode”.
Just turn on the device again and it only survives for 20 mins…
There is no much load (only installing some apps from the app store).
The temperature seems normal before the device dead:
Make sure your CPU main fan is correctly connected to the CPU_FAN port, which is the interface close to the system SSD. This will help the radiator run at full speed. And I have seen similar solutions in the communit，it works. But if the temperature is still so high, I suggest you remove the side panel and check whether the radiator fits the CPU ? It seems that in some cases, the radiator will be blocked by the two capacitors next to the CPU, affecting the contact between the radiator and the CPU.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Yes, I have directly connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN port.
The additional three 4x10 fans are connected to the SYS_FAN port.
I’ll try remove the side panel and check closely on how the cooler radiator contacts the CPU.
