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Offline AmigaMance

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 Do you think that it's a good idea to put a small amount of thermal paste in each of the controller chips of the BPPC? They are too small for a heatsink and the card too crammed, so i'm looking for a good way to cool them. They are getting very hot!
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Re: I got my Blizzard PPC, questions about cooler and idefix xpress
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2006, 11:18:33 AM »
Yeah, it was probably just a stupid idea. I was thinking that a drop of thermal paste will act as a cheap substitute for a heatsink, nevermind. :-D
 Do you have an idea on how to cool these chips btw?
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Re: I got my Blizzard PPC, questions about cooler and idefix xpress
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2006, 11:51:18 AM »
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 Thank you. On the contary they run hot. In the summer i can't touch them with my finger for more than 5 seconds, but a big fun and those tiny heatsinks are exactly what i need.
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Re: I got my Blizzard PPC, questions about cooler and idefix xpress
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2006, 12:27:05 PM »
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are you speaking about the 2 voltage regulators IC (one 8 pins and the other 3 pins) below the CPU cooler?

 I'm talking about the 4 rectangle chips with the label CY7C3741. Their dimensions are about 1.5*1.5 cm. 3 of them are in the top side of the card and 1 at the bottom side, next to the CPU.

Edit: The BVision has one of these chips too. But it doesn't get so hot.
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