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Custom chip temps
« on: June 14, 2007, 11:55:35 AM »
Hi there,
Can anyone who currently has their A1200 uncovered give me an idea which IC's run the hottest (Ex the 68020)?
I'm working on a Cad design for a heatsink for the custom chips and my tests seem to suggest that Alice runs the hottest, by far, especially when running a AGA demo sequence, in which case it heats up rapidly. However, amiga.org members suggest that Lisa runs the hottest (With dblpal) and suffers from overheating causing gfx errors.

Any observations?

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Re: Custom chip temps
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2007, 01:06:26 PM »
My observation is that custom chips don't need any extra heatsinks.
 

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Re: Custom chip temps
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2007, 08:24:51 PM »
Yeah, the custom chips dont *normally* need heatsinks, but im looking to add one or two anyway. As I say, Alice seems to get particularly hot rather quickly when certain AGA demos are run. And what about the video errors caused by lisa overheating?
Besides, those custom chips are *big* chips with a lot of gates in there just waiting to pack up one day. The cooler I can get them to run, the longer they'll live.

Observations appreciated (And a note to say what was running at the time would be nice...),

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Re: Custom chip temps
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2007, 09:38:31 PM »
Hello Hod.

 Like I say before, the chips who USUALLY run hot are Lisa, Alice, onboard CPU (even with an accelerator pluged in), the CIAs and Paula.

 Agree with Piru, the A design don't provide space for heatsinks, but the chips goes hot, so why not cool them?

 The cooler they run, longer they last.

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