3000 Desktop.. Best way to cool??

[Lo]

I just point my floor-standing furniture fan at me AND my Miggy in the summertime..hehe, not kidding, it works!   :-P My other Athlon Amithlon box freezes otherwise. (Er, freezes the OS) :pint:

[iamaboringperson]

Lo wrote:
I just point my floor-standing furniture fan at me AND my Miggy in the summertime..hehe, not kidding, it works!   :-P My other Athlon Amithlon box freezes otherwise. (Er, freezes the OS) :pint:

####! That doesn't sound good for for a long life of the computer!

What case do you use in the Athlon machine, and what other cooling equipment? Make sure your fans are going around in circles real quick too!

[98PaceCar]

@Framiga,

I tried you advice on the jumpers, but no luck. The system never seems to get anywhere when I put the Apollo on. I've tried every combination of jumpers on the Apollo itself as well as the mobo settings that amiga-hardware.com recommends.

Any ideas? Is there anything I can check that might indicate what is going on?

TIA,
98PaceCar

[PhatAgnus]

I cut a octogon-ish hole in the upper chassis right above the
CPU of my Cyberstorm PPC card too (where the DF1 Floppy
Drive would normally mount). I then mounted a slot fan over it,
but with the fan exhausting OUT through the DF1 slot.
That way it's pulling the heat out of the case, and from its' biggest
heat generator.

I also added taller rubber feet to the bottom of the
case. I found that the area right around where the
daughterboard slot is gets extremely warm from the
underside. Taller cabinet feet helps that warm air
escape, and pulls the warm underbelly away from my
black desktop (as we all know black asorbs & retains
heat).  Since these mods there hasn't been a single heat
related lockup or re-boot, where in the past I get lockups
and re-boots after a lengthy session (1 1/2 hours or so) or on hot Summer days
(30 mins and less).

 

[Druideck]

we had a a1200/060 running for years with no heat
problems, just left the trap door off.

I don't think most Amigas need much cooling except
the video toaster, it sizzles with power!     :-)