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Vampire Overheat?

Tony Day

Posts 62
14 Dec 2016 23:30


Was using my A600 for about an hour today and then the screen went green and it crashed.

Took of the case to press down on the vamp as this normally does the job but I noticed that the chips were hot to the touch.

I was playing some WHDload at the time. Is it meant to get this hot? And if so what can i do about it?

Thanks


Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6207
15 Dec 2016 00:00


Tony Day wrote:

I was playing some WHDload at the time. Is it meant to get this hot? And if so what can i do about it?

Actually the A600 original chips will get hot own their own...
The ventilation in A600 is not good.

Some level hotness should not be a problem.



Martin Soerensen

Posts 232
15 Dec 2016 08:45


If you can hold your finger on it for several seconds without hurting yourself then it is not significantly hot. ICs are usually designed to function normally up to 85 deg. or higher and at that temperature, you will burn yourself very quickly if you touch it.


Tony Day

Posts 62
15 Dec 2016 12:03


I brought some little stick on heat sinks a while back on ebay.

Look like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aukru-3x-Aluminium-Heatsink-Cooling-Cooler-for-Raspberry-Pi-3-Model-B-Pi-2-/122239983862?hash=item1c761220f6:g:PWMAAOSwcUBYNjqB

Could i stick these onto the vamp and other A600 chips? If so, which ones do you think would need them?

Cheers

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