lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (05/01/90)
In <1742@corpane.UUCP>, sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: > >Do the cards lie sideways in the 3000? > >If they do lie sideways, what is done about heat buildup? will the fan keep them >cool enough? Yes, they lie sideways. I can't speak for a fully loaded machine, but I am currently running an ASDG 8 meg memory board with 2 megs populated, and it runs plenty cool enough. Running the same cnfiguration without the top cover on results in the memory board and the motherboard chips heating up, so it sure looks like the cooling is done right. -larry -- NeXT. The hardware makes it a PC. The software makes it a workstation. The units shipped makes it a mainframe. -=stolen from Hazy=- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
swansonc@balder.acc.stolaf.edu (Chris Swanson, Systems Operator - ACC @ St. Olaf College) (05/10/90)
In article <1742@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
I noticed in the brochure for the 3000 it states that the box is 4-3/4" tall
and I noticed from the Byte article that the slots are mounted on top of
the motherboard as a daughterboard.
So.... what I am wondering is:
Do the cards lie sideways in the 3000? They almost have to because by the
time you subtract the space taken up by the motherboard and daughter board
you are left with only about 4 inches of space or less. I don't know the
typical height of Amiga (zorro) boards but IBM-PC boards are at least 4-1/4"
tall (I just measured some), some are taller.
Yes, they lie sideways and are plugged into a backplane that plugs
into the motherboard like the IBM-PC or Amiga 2000.
If they do lie sideways, what is done about heat buildup? will the fan keep them
cool enough?
I would assume so, but I don't know for sure.
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