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Re: Heat sink on Spectrum ULA - is there any benefit?

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:08 am
by balford
The only ULA's I would definitely either put a heatsink on, or limit their use, are the 6C001E-6 ones. I've come across a fair amount of these being faulty, and they've become colloquially known as 'suicide ULA's' by others too.

Re: Heat sink on Spectrum ULA - is there any benefit?

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:51 am
by Lardo Boffin
I don’t think it will be possible to use an external cooler via the edge connector unless it is possible to get ‘low profile’ connection blocks. Currently the connector more or less fills the edge connector slot when inserted on both the zeddy and Spectrum. Hey ho.

Re: Heat sink on Spectrum ULA - is there any benefit?

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:52 am
by Lardo Boffin
balford wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:08 am The only ULA's I would definitely either put a heatsink on, or limit their use, are the 6C001E-6 ones. I've come across a fair amount of these being faulty, and they've become colloquially known as 'suicide ULA's' by others too.
Thanks. Which motherboard version do these tend to reside in?

Re: Heat sink on Spectrum ULA - is there any benefit?

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:53 am
by sirmorris
How about - just stop worrying and enjoy it while you can? :twisted: :lol:

Re: Heat sink on Spectrum ULA - is there any benefit?

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 2:22 pm
by Lardo Boffin
sirmorris wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:53 am How about - just stop worrying and enjoy it while you can? :twisted: :lol:
Well ‘somebody’ isn’t channeling Sir Clive’s entrepreneurial spirit today... :lol:

Re: Heat sink on Spectrum ULA - is there any benefit?

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 3:39 pm
by Moggy
sirmorris wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:53 am How about - just stop worrying and enjoy it while you can? :twisted: :lol:
Says the man who caused me to butcher my speech box after following one of his flights of fancy which I never asked for or instigated in any way shape or form. :lol:

(Only kidding Charlie Mr Speeky is much more fun now)

Re: Heat sink on Spectrum ULA - is there any benefit?

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:37 pm
by balford
Lardo Boffin wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:52 am
balford wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:08 am The only ULA's I would definitely either put a heatsink on, or limit their use, are the 6C001E-6 ones. I've come across a fair amount of these being faulty, and they've become colloquially known as 'suicide ULA's' by others too.
Thanks. Which motherboard version do these tend to reside in?
Issue 3 and 3B mostly, although they're also to be found in very late Issue 2's.