Mini heatsyncs on chips of Amiga board?

[ADz]

Hi,

I have seen some pics of Amiga boards with little mini heatsyncs added on some chips (cant remember which ones).

I have some of these leftover from years back when I used to refurb 360 consoles (Used to use them on RAM/ANA etc).

I was just curious on if any of you used these on Amiga, whether they are needed or do any good/potentially or just placebo? And if so which chips do you recommend?

TIA

[Magic]

Run it carefully with the top off and see what gets hot. Sometimes old PALs or other chips get hot to the touch. No need cooling off a dead cold IC.

[Nobby_UK]

Kippers 608 board generates a lot of heat...
I was thinking heat sinks / fan might be needed

[alexh]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Kippers 608 board generates a lot of heat...

It shouldn't!! The CPLD on board is a relatively modern one being clocked at a very slow clock rate. It should generate little or no heat.

All I can think of is the heat must be from the 68000 below and be some sort of ventilation problem?

[Nobby_UK]

Well it does not work with Whdload
and so he is sending a replacement
So perhaps that is another symptom
of it being faulty ?

[ADz]

Originally Posted by Magic

Run it carefully with the top off and see what gets hot. Sometimes old PALs or other chips get hot to the touch. No need cooling off a dead cold IC.

It's more of a pre-emptive action really. Just wanting to give it best possible chance of surviving even longer then it already has