A3640 questions

[icbrkr]

I've considered picking up a A3640 to slap in my A3000 as a "tide me over" accelerator until I get something better (they're so cheap used).  Things I know about using the 3640 in my 3000:

* Heat could be an issue
* Some possible issues with DMA on Zorro II cards
* Need Kickstart 3.1 ROMS

Is there anything else I need to know?

[icbrkr]

Well, it turns out the wife bought me a A3640 for my bday and it's on the way, so I'm not complaining! (She also got me a PS/2 adapter, keyboard adapter, KS 3.1 chips so I don't have to softkick this thing, and a {bleep}load of ZIP chips).  Hard to find a wife that will support my geek habit

On adding a CPU fan, what size is the CPU?  Roughly a 486?

[icbrkr]

This is close to what I was thinking of doing but I wasn't sure where the CPU would be when it was installed.  Great!  I'll try that.  

[icbrkr]

Which drive bay does it end up residing under?  I currently have a HD in the rightmost drive but I'm wondering if I can "doublestack it" on top of the 3.5" SCSI drive in the back...

[icbrkr]

TjLaZer wrote:
@icebrkr

Due you got an awesome wife!  She also tracked down ZIP chips?  Holy crap man that is one awesome wife!!!!  Tell her she is a KEEPER!!!

Yeah, I think I'll keep her around awhile  

@patrik

I've been doublestacking drives for years without issue  I've yet to lose a drive to heat (and if you think that's scarey, I have a couple of PC's that run in a small, enclosed, ventless closet that run 24/7).  I will probably replace it with just one drive when I grab a Budda controller or similar.  Right now I need to have the SCSI+IDE setup since the Xsurf's IDE is non bootable.  I also have a 20GB 2.5" IDE here I might put in instead (very little heat issues then

[icbrkr]

I'm only hellbent on using IDE due to the fact I have a ton of them lying around.  Currently there's a 4.3GB SCSI and a 12GB IDE in the machine.  I've got the 12GB in there as I wasn't sure how much space would be taken up once I transferred all my games over to it (seems to be about 2.5GB worth of games).   I might see how it goes once I'm done loading it up with whatever I need.

[icbrkr]

I've got it hooked up to an Xsurf3 card.

The A3640 came in today - dead :/  I threw it into the 3000 and was greeted with a nice black screen.  Though I asked for a 3.1 card, I might have gotten a 3.0.  3.0 is silkscreened on the card, and there is a "3.0" sticker on the back.  In one little type written sticker it states "3.1" on the front.  I'm asking for an exchange...

[icbrkr]

Looks like it was reworked - I took a look at the solder points and a chip was replaced and the caps were put back in the correct way.  However, one cap wasn't soldered down properly so it's not connected.  I'm sending it back :/

[icbrkr]

I did... I as going by the jumper settings found here:

http://amigau.com/natamiga/t-a3640.shtml

No matter, if I buy something, I'd like all the parts to be connected and working :/