BlizzardPPC/040?

[neofree]

Are the BlizzardPPC/040's worth getting?  The one I'm looking at is a REV 0 and I've heard they run too hot.  If I get BVision and put good cooling on it, will that be on OK solution? Is there any PCI busboard I'll be able to use?  I may be leaving this system on 24/7, so I'd go all out on cooling.  Will it hold up?

[Vincent]

040's generally run hot.  I think they're the hottest of the 680x0 sreies.  A good cooling fan system should work fine.  

The BVision generally doesn't need cooling and the BPPC comes with a fan on one side to cool the ppc chip and a cooler on the other, but there's nothing over the 040, so a fan to cool that and maybe a bigger fan for the ppc itself would be a good idea.

[neofree]

ok...  is there any pci bus board i could use?  can the 040 be upgraded to 060?

[Lemmink]

Only DCE can do the upgrade, as there has to be done some tricks to the flashrom (flashing the 060er version while the 040 is still on is rumored to be possible but it`s triky)
I`m afraid there is no G-Rex for you too, as the Rev0 boards needed a Rework ( -> DCE) to run with the G-Rex. You could still use a Mediator though.

[doctorq]

You will be able to use both the G-Rex PCI solution (needs rev.2 BPPC board) and the Mediator PCI solution.

It's possible to convert a BPPC040 to a BPPC060 board, but it's not only to replace the 68040 with a 68060. The CPU replacement would be the biggest task though.

[Brian]

The BPPC040 is an ok card but it's best of with a towered A1200 since the 040 need real cooling. I added a heatsink and fan to the 040 and nothing extra on the PPC (if you intend to run PPC software for long I sugest adding extra heatsink on top of the already existing heatsing for the PPC). To fit this in the A1200 desctop I had to add extra high feets to the system.

The BlizzVision is a hot little {bleep}. You know if you overclock it slightly it risks unsoldering itself that's how hot it gets. It's not sugested for a desctop at all and even in a tower it realy like a heatsink at least... That said it can be put in a desctop but I sugest heatsink and a fan to keep the Phermidia2 chip cool.

It's possible to uppgrade the 040 to 060 yes but as the CPU is soldered onto the card it's one heck of a work to do, I've been sugested 140$ just for the work replacing the CPU... then you need to find a CPU socket wich isn't easy (don't want to solder directly on the 060) and you need the 060 CPU also. If you want to go all the way with a 060 (these are of cause cooler than the 040 and should be more suitable for the desctop) then buy the 060 from the start cause the uppgrade can easily cost more than the 040 board itself.