A3000 Intermittent Heat Related Problems?

[Zac67]

My bet is on the caps, esp. if the machine has high running hours (=in use frequently) and developed this problem little by little. They can cause lots of noise on the voltage lines.

[Zac67]

Real issue here as you pointed out - is the power supply. Cheapo, weak power supply was a cost cutting measure to be sure.

135W were pretty standard in the day (for a small box at least). Still got a PC-45/III PSU here - admittedly slightly older but it's just 110W.

I'd guess the mainboard with 16 MB RAM is still below 60W, so that'd leave plenty of margin for upgrades.

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Just took a quick measure: A3000/30 + 1 GB HDD + 12 MB ZIP + Merlin Gfx 4 MB + A2065 + Maestro = 97W primary (108W peak, 92W with HDD powered down).