Re: Is it possible to make new accelerator cards?

[Kevin <kevin@hackaday.com>]

On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 9:30:00 PM UTC-5, dabone wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 2:46:52 AM UTC-4, Jerome Vernet wrote:
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> > Le 03/09/12 18:20, Kevin a écrit :
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> > > yea its possible, but for me not something to dive deep in, accelerators are really best on the GS and it seems that everyone that owns a GS has one
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> > May be, but these accelerator card tend to die with time. I have 2 
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> > Transwarp, wich can run about half an hour before hanging and can't run 
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> > anymore for hours.... Don't know why, if somebody know...
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> > So a recent accelerator card with recent component and full speed, I'll 
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> Use freeze spray and find which components are overheating....

I agree to a point, its much easier to diagnose a broken card that works sometimes than it is to design one from scratch

start a new thread we will help you work though it, might be just some rotten caps, or a fractured solder joint from decades of use