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- From: msokos1@umbc.edu (sokos mark)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Garbage after 30 min.
- Date: 15 Feb 1996 14:53:41 -0500
- Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Message-ID: <4g0305$1lk@umbc10.umbc.edu>
- References: <4ftk81$24m@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>
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- NNTP-Posting-User: msokos1
-
- In article <4ftk81$24m@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>,
- David Fortman <buzz1963@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
- >My c-64 is fine, until it runs for longer than 20 or
- >30 minutes. It happens no matter what I'm running at
- >the time. My IBM-486 66 is great, but still like my
- >C-64.
-
- Might be a heat related problem. You might want to try getting some
- component cooler and after it fails, spray any suspect chips and see
- if the problem goes away. Adding some heat sinks might help. Commodore
- apparently did not do much thermal analysis on the c64 design. Many
- of the chips run way too hot.
-
- - Mark Sokos (msokos1@gl.umbc.edu)
- Electrical engineer, computer geek (er, programmer) in training,
- no-talent bum musician (have bass, will travel), and perpetual student
-