Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!percy!littlei!intelhf!agora!nesbbx!billsey From: nesbbx!billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A3000 Can't take the heat Message-ID: <1940c331.ARN01ac@nesbbx.UUCP> Date: 5 Jun 91 23:24:33 GMT References: <21985@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991Jun3.140816.10385@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> Reply-To: nesbbx!billsey@agora.UUCP Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Organization: NES, Inc. Lines: 33 In article <1991Jun3.140816.10385@metapro.DIALix.oz.au>, Bernd Felsche writes: > In <21985@cbmvax.commodore.com> > daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: > >>I have never run into the problem myself (and C= offices get well beyond 80F >>in the summer, thanks to a chaotic cooling system). If you added the RAM >>chips, make sure that they're 80ns parts. Slower parts might work, most of >>the time, and fail when things get hot (which makes silicon slower). Make >>sure the chips are fully socketed; I had an A1000 hacked up with 512K of >>piggyback RAM that worked for nearly a year, but got flakey one hot August >>day. Apparently, I had missed soldering one pin, which made good contact > > :-) Would _you_ buy a machine designed by this man? :-) Absolutely. Anyone who can get one of those piggyback mods working in a 1000 without soldering the pins together is alright in my book! :-) Gee, maybe I could talk him into getting my old Lucas board to finally work... :-) >>until that hot day. Also, make absolutely sure your A3000 gets adequate >>ventilation. I have heard stories for years of people with systems that get >>flakey in the summertime, only to find out that they had them in stereo racks >>or other nearly airless places. > -- > Bernd Felsche, _--_|\ #include > Metapro Systems, / sold \ Fax: +61 9 472 3337 > 328 Albany Highway, \_.--._/ Phone: +61 9 362 9355 > Victoria Park, Western Australia v Email: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au -Bill Seymour nesbbx!billsey@agora.uucp or nesbbx!billsey@agora.rain.com ***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL ***** Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. NAG BBS NES BBX BBS Home Sometimes (503)281-8153 (503)246-9311 (503)656-7393 (503)640-9337 (503) 640-0842