Testing my buggy Furia accelerator experience

[paul1981]

I think that's Gayle 01, with XU1 chip at the bottom to correct the fault with Gayle 01. Rarer, some accelerator cards may not work with those older boards IIRC.

[Mark sealey]

Originally Posted by paul1981

I think that's Gayle 01, with XU1 chip at the bottom to correct the fault with Gayle 01. Rarer, some accelerator cards may not work with those older boards IIRC.

Interesting....mines a rev 1.5....Never seen a rev 1.

[Superman]

I have an A300 rev1 board like that and my furia works perfectly although does get hot.

[Mark sealey]

Originally Posted by Superman

I have an A300 rev1 board like that and my furia works perfectly although does get hot.

There is a Heatsink fan upgrade you can get.

[CDTV1991]

Originally Posted by Mark sealey

There is a Heatsink fan upgrade you can get.

I'm thinking of doing this

Is there a convenient fan power connector location on the board or main board?

[Nightshft]

Originally Posted by Superman

I have an A300 rev1 board like that and my furia works perfectly although does get hot.

Mine too. 60°C at the heatsink in less than 40mins.

Originally Posted by Mark sealey

There is a Heatsink fan upgrade you can get.

Where?

Originally Posted by CDTV1991

I'm thinking of doing this

Is there a convenient fan power connector location on the board or main board?

To get started, I ordered a 40x40x10 and a 40x40x7 fan. And I asked a friend to print the A600 fan holder, but it will take another week until he has time to print it.

For a first try I poked 2 "thick wires" (like the contact wires electrical components have) from the top into the 5v and Gnd contact of the Floppy connector but I can't really recommend this, as its not a perfect connection. Searching for a better solution too.

Fun fact:
When you mount the fan to blow the air out of the slots of the case my furia reaches about 45°C instead of 60°C (measured directly on the heatsink).
When you mount the fan on the heatsink to blow down the heatsink will be like 10°C cooler, but it's not wise because you just spread the warm air in the case.

[Mark sealey]

Originally Posted by CDTV1991

I'm thinking of doing this

Is there a convenient fan power connector location on the board or main board?

There is....you seen the kit on lereks(?) Site ?

You have to change the cpu heatsink for another with fan on....however you risk damaging the cpu when you remove the old heatsink.

[Mark sealey]

Originally Posted by Nightshft

Mine too. 60°C at the heatsink in less than 40mins.



Where?



To get started, I ordered a 40x40x10 and a 40x40x7 fan. And I asked a friend to print the A600 fan holder, but it will take another week until he has time to print it.

For a first try I poked 2 "thick wires" (like the contact wires electrical components have) from the top into the 5v and Gnd contact of the Floppy connector but I can't really recommend this, as its not a perfect connection. Searching for a better solution too.

Fun fact:
When you mount the fan to blow the air out of the slots of the case my furia reaches about 45°C instead of 60°C (measured directly on the heatsink).
When you mount the fan on the heatsink to blow down the heatsink will be like 10°C cooler, but it's not wise because you just spread the warm air in the case.

Looks fine to me....I thought about that....two fans...one blowing in one out...?

[Mark sealey]

https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=280

[idrougge]

I run my 600 with Furia for days on end. The heat sink is already enormous. Don't see why you would need an additional fan unless the new batch has got CPUs with lower tolerances.

[Nightshft]

Originally Posted by idrougge

... Don't see why you would need an additional fan unless the new batch has got CPUs with lower tolerances.

Because 60°C on the heatsink means even hotter (75°C ?) on the die. I can live with that, but adding a fan could maybe increase lifespan and stability and so i check it out. The fan I got is absolutely quiet (12V fan running slower with 5V).

Originally Posted by Mark sealey

There is....you seen the kit on lereks(?) Site ?
You have to change the cpu heatsink for another with fan on....however you risk damaging the cpu when you remove the old heatsink.

I bought via a reseller (amigastore.eu) and knew it's a product from lotharek, but didn't know this kit - thanks for pointing it out. Guess there's not much risk for the cpu when you remove the heatsink slowly(?) Also very interesting that it's possible to use the pinheader on the board for fan supply - gotta try that soon

Edit: The two pins deliver +3.3V (at the "outer" pin) and Gnd. Too less for my 12V fan, but the 5V fan runs fine.

[psoma]

Hey man, just piggy backing onto this as I'm having a VERY similar experience with my newly purchased Furia 40Mhz (A600, 2.05 ROM, 2MB Chip, SD to IDE adaptor).

So I've tried this thing in 2 different recapped 600s with 3 different power supplies and have encountered the exact same symptoms, so it's not the Amigas' fault. I'm getting:

1) Occasional refusal to boot - stays at final white screen (floppy doesn't even continue to check for disk - so it's a freeze). When it does refuse, I need to turn it off for a minute to even hope for a successful boot.
2) Frequent boots to only 4.5MB other mem. A few reboots gets it back to 9MB.
3) Can't run Sysinfo with the FPU - it hard freezes every time.
4) No probs with the Furia out.

Now, when it works, it's great... but it doesn't work the way it should so often, I can't imagine everyone is experiencing this or we'd be hearing a lot more about it - how's it going for you now?

Cheers,

Tom

[psoma]

Bump - is this just the Furia “experience” or is everyone else’s working each time every time?!?

Cheers,

Tom

[Mark sealey]

A contact of mine has sent my custom Rom 3.1.4) to the developer of the Furia....so he can work on the issue....from my experience the higher the OS the better....os 3.1 was a nightmare....OS 3.1.4(standard rom) was ok but had to disable cpu cashe and card device to boot.

Os 3.1.4 custom Rom that had the expansion library from os3.1 boots great....no issues.

Ive got a custom 3.9 rom that works like a dream ?

[Mark sealey]

Also NEVER remove the Furia too many times...as it "squeezes" the cpu and can lead to dry joints...!!

[Superman]

Originally Posted by psoma

Bump - is this just the Furia “experience” or is everyone else’s working each time every time?!?

Cheers,

Tom

I have one of the older white 33mhz Furias and it works perfectly fine. I think its the newer red boards that people have had issues with.

[psoma]

Uhhhhh, bugger. Anything I can do to stabilise things? I actually don’t need the speed - I got a 40Mhz only because the 33Mhz were out of stock.

[Jolabandola]

Yikes! Reading about all the problems people are having with their Furia has made me alittle worried.
My A600 is currently getting a recap and some other repairs and I still havet gotten it back yet. Meanwhile i have been buying and hoarding up a ton of stuff to put into it when i get it back.

Furia, A604a, ECS Indivision, Gotek, SD-card with adapter, Workbench 3.1.4 and the kickstart rom to go with it.

I have ordered a 4gb SanDisk SD-card to use as hard drive.
What are some things i need to keep in mind or be careful about? Do i use PFS3AIO? What transfer rate? What else? Should i get active cooling for the Furia?
If anyone could give me some pointers i would be really happy.

[Mark sealey]

Originally Posted by Jolabandola

Yikes! Reading about all the problems people are having with their Furia has made me alittle worried.
My A600 is currently getting a recap and some other repairs and I still havet gotten it back yet. Meanwhile i have been buying and hoarding up a ton of stuff to put into it when i get it back.

Furia, A604a, ECS Indivision, Gotek, SD-card with adapter, Workbench 3.1.4 and the kickstart rom to go with it.

I have ordered a 4gb SanDisk SD-card to use as hard drive.
What are some things i need to keep in mind or be careful about? Do i use PFS3AIO? What transfer rate? What else? Should i get active cooling for the Furia?
If anyone could give me some pointers i would be really happy.

Os 3.1.4 will be ok....once booted.....it will get warm in there with the cover and keyboard on....search on ebay for a "vampire cooling fan" theres a guy who 3D prints an adapter for a 10mm x 30mm fan...sucks air out.

I have a Indivision ecs via a603...works great.

PFS3 is a no brainer.....!!

[Jolabandola]

Is this it?
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2829586
It is for a Vampire card but maby it could work for a Furia too.