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Re: My PPC 233 / 60 often refuses to boot up !! Why ??
« on: May 01, 2003, 10:16:39 PM »
Yep the likely problems with a heavily expanded PPC system are :

1.HEAT
2.LACK OF POWER
3.BOTH

So to fix 1 you need put a large blower directly on the BVision Permedia chip in addition to an exhaust fan over the PPC heat sink.

To fix 2 you then have to make sure the A1200 motherboard has enough power.  Plugging a small floppy drive power connector into the floppy drive socket on the a1200 motherboard (be careful to plug it in correctly: done at own risk).  You must also ensure you have a good power supply (250W+).  Eyetech do a power feed adapter to enable power to be fed into the PPC directly.  Finally ensure you have a motherboard that has all the timing fixes.. avoid REV 2.B or 1.D.4.  The most reliable m/boards are 1.d.1.  We use a 1.B and that starts every time.

If you do all of this you should have a reliable PPC Amiga.
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