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Offline paul1981

Re: Overclock ACA620 to 25mhz
« on: November 19, 2015, 07:31:22 PM »
Quote from: brownb2;799301
Found the answer http://www.a1k.org/forum/showthread.php?t=43453


Thanks! If I get the urge one day I might give this a go myself. :hammer:
 

Offline paul1981

Re: Overclock ACA620 to 25mhz
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2015, 08:45:45 PM »
0.8 mips more? I'd of thought it should be higher than that?
 

Offline paul1981

Re: Overclock ACA620 to 25mhz
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2015, 01:25:37 AM »
Quote from: brownb2;799332
My poor maths... 0.98, not much different.


Almost x2 standard Amiga's faster. :)
 

Offline paul1981

Re: Overclock ACA620 to 25mhz
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2015, 11:45:00 AM »
I bought my ACA620 when they first came out and nor did I receive a grounding cable. Am I supposed to be using one? I had to send mine back for a firmware update to v2, but I wasn't aware of a grounding issue.
 

Offline paul1981

Re: Overclock ACA620 to 25mhz
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2015, 01:49:33 PM »
Quote from: F0LLETT;799718
Sorry, Ground lead, bad choice of words.

The two screws go into the ground plain. However I found in some cases an extra earth was required. I was thinking of Indivision, ACA doesn't come with ground lead.
I remember having a discussion with IC about including one.


I didn't get any screws with my card. All i got was the card. Was I supposed to be provided with screws like the ACA630? The instructions didn't mention screws either iirc.
 

Offline paul1981

Re: Overclock ACA620 to 25mhz
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2015, 10:37:53 AM »
Quote from: brownb2;799840
I'm not happy with the +12v going through  the ACA's negative that's currently only taking the +5v from the ACA, it still seems a bit dodgy (for me, not having the electronics experience).
I've had a quick Google for step downing +12v to +5v and a car charger for a mobile phone and use the MC34063 mentioned in this thread http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-can-I-convert-12v-down-to-5v/ can probably do the job.

Having said that it may just be too much work and so I'll leave it with an always on fan pressed up against the chip heat sinks I fitted instead (as opposed to the cool shim job mentioned on the last post).


There's 12v and 5v on the floppy connector - 12 is yellow, 5 is red.
 

Offline paul1981

Re: Overclock ACA620 to 25mhz
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2015, 10:44:19 AM »
Quote from: brownb2;799840
I'm not happy with the +12v going through  the ACA's negative that's currently only taking the +5v from the ACA, it still seems a bit dodgy (for me, not having the electronics experience).
I've had a quick Google for step downing +12v to +5v and a car charger for a mobile phone and use the MC34063 mentioned in this thread http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-can-I-convert-12v-down-to-5v/ can probably do the job.

Having said that it may just be too much work and so I'll leave it with an always on fan pressed up against the chip heat sinks I fitted instead (as opposed to the cool shim job mentioned on the last post).

Get one these power splitter cables and a fan with a molex connector to make things easy.

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-25-4-Pin-Molex-To-3-5-Floppy-Drive-Molex-Power-Splitter-Adaptor-Cable-/371454649551?nav=SEARCH

Actually you'd need one that would enable your floppy to be plugged back in...there's a multitude of these configurations of cables...just have a search on ebay.


There's 12v and 5v on the floppy connector - 12 is yellow, 5 is red.
« Last Edit: December 05, 2015, 10:52:27 AM by paul1981 »
 

Offline paul1981

Re: Overclock ACA620 to 25mhz
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2015, 11:59:59 AM »
Quote from: AmmoJammo;799860
Not in the Amigas it isn't.

If you're worried about grounding the fan through the accelerator, (which probably isn't a good idea) then just get your ground point to the switch from the floppy connector, and have the output from the switch still going to the accelerator (to the screws ground pad, just above connector "CN1")


Haha! I'm loosing it lol. It's 12 and -12 isn't it? I run a 12v fan with a similar cable.
 

Offline paul1981

Re: Overclock ACA620 to 25mhz
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2015, 08:50:12 PM »
Quote from: AmmoJammo;799869
The floppy and hdd in the amigas are 5 and 12volt, but those aren't the colours.

Amiga decided to be different (it was probably before the standard was in place) so if you're wiring things up make sure the voltages are correct.


Brown is 12v and red is 5v I dare say... :angry: