Bliazzard 1230 temperature

[Robert17]

hey all I just posted about xtreme racing, I noticed my 68030 CPU gets extremely hot whilst playing, correct me if I'm wrong but it's the '030 meant to be very cool? Perhaps there is something wrong with my computer/accelerator?

Robert

[mendark]

The 030 gets warm tho.. but i should not be too hot. I can remember that I could at least touch it with my finger, without immediately having my finger stick to it or burn it.

Do you have the lit of the trapdoor opened? This can help. Causing a better airflow.

[Robert17]

I can leave it open but my card isn't fixed in, only by the slot, it there a way to keep the car in without having the trapdoor on?

[Brian]

I had a Blizzard1230 Rev3 and I ran it with the trapdoor on without any problems. I guess it's not exactly recomended but it did work. If you want to leave the trapdoor of you could open the machine, and to the right of the card there's space enough to screw on a plasticcard that will stick out the left where the trapdoor "lock" sitts. I did this with my old BPPC equipped A1200. Use a semisoft card or other plastic and don't have it stick out too long over the CPU... this so you later can remove the card without haveing to open the machine and remove this "fix". Another way is to simply cut a hole in the trapdoor over the CPU or create your own trapdoor (I made one from metallmesh of a speaker... it's easy to modify to your need, give some protection and have great airflow).

[Crusher]

I use a toothpick or eartip (not used) and place it across one corner(trapdoor open). Works fine. Ohh.. and I have small pads under so it lifts up the whole A1200 a bit so air can flow better.

[amiga1260]

I use the Blizzard 1230 IV over 8 years with the trapdoor closed. I don't have problems with it. Phase 5 says that it doesn't harm when you close the trapdoor. It was written in there manual.

I notice that the card produce more head then my 1260 card.

[Hyperspeed]

The Blizzard 1230-IV @ 50Mhz is indeed very hot. Towards the latter
years of Amiga Format I remember the '030 boards starting to appear in
40Mhz versions - possibly due to lower heat output. A lot had
heatsinks on them too.

I think it's perfectly safe to run it with the trapdoor on as the
European climate is a lot cooler. In the summer I would suggest
keeping it on a desk (not on the carpet etc) and give your Amiga
plenty of room (no magazines on top of the cooling outlets on top).

Remember that CPU intensive games will run the '030 at maximum power
for long periods of time so it will get as hot as it's allowed. In
this weather I would say try getting hold of a mini fan and putting it
inside the case somewhere to vent out warm air. I think these fans can
be found in PC shops from old GFX cards and CPUs, you might find a way
to obtain power by splicing the voltage from the floppy power
connector.

Ask for advice before doing this though.

Alternatively, just get a desk fan and blow air over your beloved
Amiga setup, it'll cool you down and possibly give more reliable
performance for your mid-summer gaming!