Heat sink on Spectrum ULA - is there any benefit?

[balford]

The only ULA's I would definitely either put a heatsink on, or limit their use, are the 6C001E-6 ones. I've come across a fair amount of these being faulty, and they've become colloquially known as 'suicide ULA's' by others too.

[Lardo Boffin]

I don’t think it will be possible to use an external cooler via the edge connector unless it is possible to get ‘low profile’ connection blocks. Currently the connector more or less fills the edge connector slot when inserted on both the zeddy and Spectrum. Hey ho.

[Lardo Boffin]

The only ULA's I would definitely either put a heatsink on, or limit their use, are the 6C001E-6 ones. I've come across a fair amount of these being faulty, and they've become colloquially known as 'suicide ULA's' by others too.

Thanks. Which motherboard version do these tend to reside in?

[sirmorris]

How about - just stop worrying and enjoy it while you can?

[Lardo Boffin]

How about - just stop worrying and enjoy it while you can?

Well ‘somebody’ isn’t channeling Sir Clive’s entrepreneurial spirit today...

[Moggy]

How about - just stop worrying and enjoy it while you can?

Says the man who caused me to butcher my speech box after following one of his flights of fancy which I never asked for or instigated in any way shape or form.

(Only kidding Charlie Mr Speeky is much more fun now)

[balford]

The only ULA's I would definitely either put a heatsink on, or limit their use, are the 6C001E-6 ones. I've come across a fair amount of these being faulty, and they've become colloquially known as 'suicide ULA's' by others too.

Thanks. Which motherboard version do these tend to reside in?

Issue 3 and 3B mostly, although they're also to be found in very late Issue 2's.