Comments on: Monitoring temperature of ancient hardware https://virtuallyfun.com/2023/07/20/monitoring-temperature-of-ancient-hardware/ Fun with Virtualization Tue, 25 Jul 2023 01:39:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: tenox https://virtuallyfun.com/2023/07/20/monitoring-temperature-of-ancient-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-334862 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 01:39:02 +0000 http://virtuallyfun.com/?p=12999#comment-334862 In reply to Bert.

Thanks! I mentioned the heat death chip in the original Multia article: https://virtuallyfun.com/2019/09/03/multia-under-thermal-camera/. Interestingly the chip was only problem in earlier / lower end Multias. In the 233 MHz model they replaced the single chip with 2 different ones. I have slapped a heatsink on it and it’s all good now.

]]> By: Bert https://virtuallyfun.com/2023/07/20/monitoring-temperature-of-ancient-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-334547 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 06:12:37 +0000 http://virtuallyfun.com/?p=12999#comment-334547 For the Multia, one of the biggest culprits for overheating was a small timer chip attached to the rear of the board. That’s partly why the Multia worked better when standing vertically, as otherwise the board itself made it harder for heat to dissipate.
There was a guide online at one point explaining how to replace the offending chip with a compatible newer replacement that generated less heat.

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