Blizzard 1240 with trapdoor closed?

[Jose]

I know the DCE version (have P5 version here) are spposed to fit desktops more easily, but does anyone knows if you can put the trapdoor back on  with one of those?Even the models with a fan? I know about heating problems, I just would like to know that info. The version I got has the memory modules in diagonal so I can't  put memory in the accelerator without raising the computer.
A solution would be using the SCSI-Kit for the memory, but I'd like to hear some tests as performance might be lower.

In the SCSI kit one can put doulbe sided SIMMS but on the acc. board you can't, so IF the performance is the same I'll get double sided ones, but if not I'll have to swap accelerator as I'm not willing to towerise it (already have one for thart) :-(  :-(  :-(

[bloodline]

my BlizzPPC with an 040 melted... :-(

[Jose]

Dude! Did you had a fan on the 040? With trapdoor on or off?

[mikeymike]

With a normal Blizzard 1240 (040/40MHz/FPU here), I can't close the trapdoor.  Instead I got a piece of rubber and jammed it between the side of the card and the casing to hold it in place.  Works for me.

[amiga1260]

I have a desktop A1200 with Blizzard 1260 50MHZ and a SCSI-kit. I don't close the trapdoor, because it's getting very hot. As you know a 060 isn't power hungry . The SCSI-kit can take double-sided simms, but they must have the size of 1mm thinkness. You be better of to find a single-sided simm. My amiga 1260 has 2x64 MB of SIMMs. The memory speed with a SCSI-kit is the same as without a SCSI-kit.

Has your Blizzard 040 the same cooler as a DCE version? Look at www.dcecom.de.

[bloodline]

Jose wrote:
Dude! Did you had a fan on the 040? With trapdoor on or off?

The fan is on the PPC (off to one side) and the trapdoor is off... and yet it still melted

[Brian]

My BlizzPPC/040 did not fit at all but four 1.5Cm feets did the trick of lifting it so the cooler and fan would fit underneath and after cutting two square holes for the PPC and 040 coolers the rest of the trappdoor went on and it runs nicely. :-D

With my Blizz1260 the sittuation is about the same... 1.5Cm feets and a hole for the SIMM aswell as a round hole and on top of the hole is a 12V fan screwed on to keep the CPU cool and happy. 8-)

I've learned to live with the higher keyboard and a nice gell armrest does the trick for me for when I'm on my smaller Amigas. :-)

[Jose]

@Mikeymike
That's what I got, but I got the Phase5 version. The thing has the memory SIMMs in diagonal, so trapdoor off is still not enouph, I still have to raise the thing.  
But if you still can't close the trapdoor (cause of CPU fan? Or memory modules?) I guess it's not worth to exchange my card for a DCE version. I'll just stick in the SCSI-Kit (wich has remained unused!) and use it's mem SIMM socket witch is on the inside of the card.

@amiga1260
No I got the phase5 version.
Interesting it is possible to close the trapdoor with the 1260(?) the only thing that prevents is it gets too hot.
If the performance is the same  then I'm there. The Phase5 version accepts thicker SMMS I think, but they can't be much tall.  :-D  

@bloodline
Must have been a cool feeling. They should never sell those cards without a CPU fan anyway, at least the 040/40mzh ones.


I'm gonna leave the trapdoor open and buy a 128mb SIMM for the SCSI kit. I'll also test it on the 1240 to see if there is any performance difference.

Thnks for replies.

[Jose]

@Brian
Ok cool.  I allways think it's a shame to lose a silent Amiga by puting fans on it. If I get a 1260 I hope to run it silently.

[Brian]

Sadly I don't have any coolingplate or it would have been used instead. A fan running at lower speed and/or with a swich might do the trick but with a 230W PC PSU right next to the the machine there's enough backnoice to muffle the extra sound the fan makes. ;-)

[Linchpin]

Simple solution to a noisy Amiga/PC.

(This also worked in the days of the "Dot Matrix Printer").

Step by step instructions

1. Get hifi system (At least 150w X 2 for best results).

2. Purchase favorite music from local record store (WARNING do not go online as your not yet protected from the poisons of loud fannage). For best results we recommend some heavy metal / thrash music. People have had good results with Pantera, Slayer ETC.

3. Unwrap CD, remove from case and place into CD player draw.

4. Advance volume control to between 50% - 75%.

5. Wait untill 15 seconds into track 1.

6. Power up monitor

7. Power up computer.

If you can still hear the fan, advance volume control in steps of 5%.

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[mikeymike]

I'm not sure what stops the trapdoor from going on exactly.  Probably is the heatsink/fan though.

re: noisy PC - a decent hi-fi system is definitely recommended.  Quake 3 sounds so much better, particularly when a rocket passes very close by :-)

 :destroy:  :flame:

[Brian]

What mekanikly prevents the trapdoor from getting on... on the BPPC/040 it's the heatsink/fan, on the B1260 it's the simm (and the heat).