Blizzard PPC advice please

[Radfoo]

Hi,

I just got myself a Blizzard PPC 040/160Mhz and a BVision quite cheap :-) . I have fitted it in my Eyetech Mk5 tower and it seems to work ok. However I think I need a little help please:

1. I have no fan on the 040 and it gets very hot  8-)  any suggestions on what I can fit in the small space?

2. The PPC heatsink is also very hot and the fan is noisy, any suggestions to a replacement?

3. I am also missing the SVGA cable for the BVision, can some one tell me the pinouts so I can make a new one?

Thanks :-)

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Radfoo wrote:
Hi,

I just got myself a Blizzard PPC 040/160Mhz and a BVision quite cheap :-) . I have fitted it in my Eyetech Mk5 tower and it seems to work ok. However I think I need a little help please:

1. I have no fan on the 040 and it gets very hot  8-)  any suggestions on what I can fit in the small space?

2. The PPC heatsink is also very hot and the fan is noisy, any suggestions to a replacement?

3. I am also missing the SVGA cable for the BVision, can some one tell me the pinouts so I can make a new one?

Thanks :-)

I recomend a 486 CPU cooler they sort of fit on the 040. You can find them in junk shops for a pound or two now.

The PPC cooler should be enough, but my BlizzPPC fan melter so if you can find a cooler for the PPC that woudl be a good idea.

-Edit- AFAIK the SVGA cable should be a standard one, they can be bought from any computer shop.

[Radfoo]

I recomend a 486 CPU cooler they sort of fit on the 040. You can find them in junk shops for a pound or two now.

Do you mean just a heatsink or a fan as well?  I have a few old heat sinks but nothing seems to fit, the case gets in the way :-( .

Thanks for the advice!

[lempkee]

one advice , remove the old ppc fan and insert a bigger one.., if its started to make noise...then its time to switch it with a better one.


some more tips: make sure the 040/060 is cooled down with a fan aswell and i recmomend a cooling rib aswell, dont use too much coolrpaste (read the manual included with the paste before use).

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Radfoo wrote:

I recomend a 486 CPU cooler they sort of fit on the 040. You can find them in junk shops for a pound or two now.

Do you mean just a heatsink or a fan as well?  I have a few old heat sinks but nothing seems to fit, the case gets in the way :-( .

Thanks for the advice!

Hmmm, I found a 486 PC in a skip, took it home, took out the fan/heatsink and put it on my 68040 (the plastic clips didn't fit, so I used cable ties to hold it on.)

[Radfoo]

remove the old ppc fan and insert a bigger one..,

Is it easy to mount a bigger fan in the same place? Would I have to put it on top of the heatsink instead?

i recmomend a cooling rib aswell,

I am having trouble finding information on those, do you have a link?

Thanks!

[Radfoo]

Hmmm, I found a 486 PC in a skip, took it home, took out the fan/heatsink and put it on my 68040 (the plastic clips didn't fit, so I used cable ties to hold it on.)

Just butchered the only 486 we have at work :-) .

It is not to tall so I think it will fit, however it has a raised edge to fit around a 486 cpu. Is an 040 cpu a little bigger?

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Radfoo wrote:

remove the old ppc fan and insert a bigger one..,

Is it easy to mount a bigger fan in the same place? Would I have to put it on top of the heatsink instead?

i recmomend a cooling rib aswell,

I am having trouble finding information on those, do you have a link?

Thanks!

I'm not sure, but there muct be PPC603 heat sinks and fans available....

Anyway, just stick an Athlon heatsink/fan on top of the PPC cooler that should do the job :-)

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Radfoo wrote:

Hmmm, I found a 486 PC in a skip, took it home, took out the fan/heatsink and put it on my 68040 (the plastic clips didn't fit, so I used cable ties to hold it on.)

Just butchered the only 486 we have at work :-) .

It is not to tall so I think it will fit, however it has a raised edge to fit around a 486 cpu. Is an 040 cpu a little bigger?

Um... I don't know, the heatsink I found was flat and sat perfectly on the 68040, then I just ran cable ties around the board to hold it on, it looks a mess but it seems to work.

[Radfoo]

Anyway, just stick an Athlon heatsink/fan on top of the PPC cooler that should do the job

I wish I could do that, but the side of the case gets in the way :-( .

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Radfoo wrote:

Anyway, just stick an Athlon heatsink/fan on top of the PPC cooler that should do the job

I wish I could do that, but the side of the case gets in the way :-( .

Cut a hole in the case? put a litlle flashin light in ther and tell eveyone it meant to be like that :-)

[Lemmink]

1. I have no fan on the 040 and it gets very hot  8-)  any suggestions on what I can fit in the small space?

Is it running at 25, 33 or 40 MHz ? For a 25 MHz 040er it is save to operate without cooling, although it might feel quite hot, the processor is up to take it quite well.

3. I am also missing the SVGA cable for the BVision, can some one tell me the pinouts so I can make a new one?

I'm not sure, if that alone would help, as it was a simple flat ribboncabel that was pinned 1:1. That cable connects the BVision with a small PCB that holds the VGA-connector,  AND some eletronics too.
I don't know if they were only needed for the cyberspacegoogles connector the old P5 modells had, or if they are needed for the VGA output too.

[Radfoo]

Cut a hole in the case? put a litlle flashin light in ther and tell eveyone it meant to be like that

 :-D

[Radfoo]

Is it running at 25, 33 or 40 MHz ? For a 25 MHz 040er it is save to operate without cooling, although it might feel quite hot, the processor is up to take it quite well.

I think its running at 25mhz but I am not sure, seems really hot though.

I'm not sure, if that alone would help, as it was a simple flat ribboncabel that was pinned 1:1. That cable connects the BVision with a small PCB that holds the VGA-connector, AND some eletronics too.

Do'h, that could be a problem then :-( .

Does anyone have a picture of a cable so I could take a look?

Thanks

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Does anyone have a picture of a cable so I could take a look?

Try www.amiga-hardware.com