Commodore 64 Heatsinks...
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:48 pmShould have been fitted, commodore cheaped out, well they where fitted to some of the Vic II chips that had a metal cage around them, anyhoo...
Picked up another Breadbin machine with a 1984 board, so I thought I'd get the coolers on like the others I have, simple job and prolongs the life of the hotter chips that fail more often (PLA, Sid Chip & Vic II).
Really is a good idea to do this, especially if your running the micro for extended periods, one of mines on now annoying the wife with fuzzy warbles of the Sid chippery kind.
I make mine out of cheap and cheerful U shaped Aluminium lengths, yeah you can buy them and the are prettier, but then I dont get to play with a Dremel
I've seen other ways of attaching the coolers, but a few mm of ultra thin double sided tape at the ends and a smear of Arctic silver in the middle and none have fell off yet
All done and lot cooler, next job build a better power supply, the next worst killer!.
Picked up another Breadbin machine with a 1984 board, so I thought I'd get the coolers on like the others I have, simple job and prolongs the life of the hotter chips that fail more often (PLA, Sid Chip & Vic II).
Really is a good idea to do this, especially if your running the micro for extended periods, one of mines on now annoying the wife with fuzzy warbles of the Sid chippery kind.
I make mine out of cheap and cheerful U shaped Aluminium lengths, yeah you can buy them and the are prettier, but then I dont get to play with a Dremel
I've seen other ways of attaching the coolers, but a few mm of ultra thin double sided tape at the ends and a smear of Arctic silver in the middle and none have fell off yet
All done and lot cooler, next job build a better power supply, the next worst killer!.