Sold Phase 5 Blizzard 1260 + 128MB RAM for A1200

[Boing-ball]

FOR SALE:

1 x Phase 5 1260 A1200 Accelerator card with 128MB RAM

Card has soldered on Rev 1 Motorola 68060 @ 60mhz

Tested with Amitestkit, sysinfo and WhichAmiga (See photos)

Old Price: £600 + fees + Shipping. Payment via PayPal F&F

New Price: £590 + fees + Shipping. Payment via PayPal F&F.

Note: With current heatsink. May not fit into standard A1200 case. Was used in a Tower setup.

* As always when declaring interest, buyer to start conversation (PM) me for shipping costs. No contact with a declared interest after 24 hours. Then next in line gets next dibs.

* No Refunds or Returns on this item.

Thanks for looking. Boing-Ball

Edit: Old Price: £590 + fees + Shipping. Payment via PayPal F&F.

Edit: New Price £515 + Free U.K Shipping Payment PayPal Friends and Family. Or £515.00 + Shipping fees Payment PayPal Friends and Family. For rest of the world.

 

[Boing-ball]

Still for sale

 

[Boing-ball]

New Price £515 + Free U.K Shipping Payment PayPal Friends and Family. Or £515.00 + Shipping fees Payment PayPal Friends and Family. For rest of the world.

 

[attic636]

Hi, I have got some questions. The description says the 060 CPU is soldered on. Was the original CPU socket soldered off?
And how thick is the CPU part of the board in "mm" together with heatsink?
Since the CPU will be facing to the right in my A1200 tower with bus expansion board, I would not want to cut a hole into the right side wall in order to make space for the heatsink.

 

[Boing-ball]

Hi, I have got some questions. The description says the 060 CPU is soldered on. Was the original CPU socket soldered off?
And how thick is the CPU part of the board in "mm" together with heatsink?
Since the CPU will be facing to the right in my A1200 tower with bus expansion board, I would not want to cut a hole into the right side wall in order to make space for the heatsink.

Never seen a Phase 5 1260 or 1240 board with sockets. Always owned with Soldered on CPU chips.
Height wise it’s 17mm tall from board to top of the heatsink. Fitted in my towers without mods.

 

[attic636]

Good to know, thanks. I believed all Blizzards had CPU sockets like my B1230. IV. I have just had a closer look into my tower
and found that an overclocked 060 CPU with heatsink will be too tall. Attached you will find a snapshot.. After I had removed the right plastic wall we are still faced with a double wall. The metal bottom, plus CPU behind a plastic frame.
What a pity. Looks like I cannot upgrade to anything faster than a stock 060 at 50Hz.

 

[A1200]

I have been toying with getting this and removing the heat sink (there's a video of someone on YouTube removing with dental floss but the heat sink is much smaller). Even if it does come off, how much of the thermal glue will come off with some acetone/isopropyl? Rhetorical questions. I surely don't want to bust an accelerator of this vintage and value.

 

[Boing-ball]

I have been toying with getting this and removing the heat sink (there's a video of someone on YouTube removing with dental floss but the heat sink is much smaller). Even if it does come off, how much of the thermal glue will come off with some acetone/isopropyl? Rhetorical questions. I surely don't want to bust an accelerator of this vintage and value.

I’m not sure what you are asking here? I’m guessing you don’t want to buy?

 

[A1200]

I am weighing up the risk @Boing-ball - hoping someone has done it themselves and confirms it is a trivial matter to remove.

 

[fitzsteve]

I am weighing up the risk @Boing-ball - hoping someone has done it themselves and confirms it is a trivial matter to remove.

It depends how it has been fixed, some of the pads are extremely adhesive to the point of being somewhat permanent whereas some people just fixed them with a few dabs of superglue!

 

[Boing-ball]

It depends how it has been fixed, some of the pads are extremely adhesive to the point of being somewhat permanent whereas some people just fixed them with a few dabs of superglue!

Didn’t use superglue on these. I used AG ThermoGlue which can be bought off the other bay A1200 has PM’d me about what I used.

 

[A1200]

Declaring interest.

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Ok I am going for it

 

[Boing-ball]

Declaring interest.

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Ok I am going for it

PM received. Cheers!

 

[A1200]

Payment sent.

 

[Boing-ball]

Payment sent.

Payment received with thanks

 

[attic636]

@A1200
You surely intend to run the B1260 without heat sink at slightly overclocked 60Hz. I hope the 060 CPU, Rev 1 will run well in your Amiga without any heat issues.

I would have considered to buy this B1260 and remove the heat sink if the 060 CPU was one of the later revisions (4-6) which are known to stay cooler and being more stable when overclocked.
Good luck with your purchase. If you install it without heat sink soon, it would be nice to read your user experience here. We can all benefit from it.

 

[Boing-ball]

@A1200
You surely intend to run the B1260 without heat sink at slightly overclocked 60Hz. I hope the 060 CPU, Rev 1 will run well in your Amiga without any heat issues.

I would have considered to buy this B1260 and remove the heat sink if the 060 CPU was one of the later revisions (4-6) which are known to stay cooler and being more stable when overclocked.
Good luck with your purchase. If you install it without heat sink soon, it would be nice to read your user experience here. We can all benefit from it.

The other one I have for sale has the rev 5 version of the 68060;

For Sale - Phase 5 Blizzard 1260 + 16MB RAM

FOR SALE: 1 x Phase 5 1260 A1200 Accelerator card with 16MB RAM Card has soldered on Rev 5 Motorola 68060 @ 75mhz (Oscillator can be removed and replaced). Tested with Amitestkit, sysinfo and WhichAmiga (See photos) Old Price: £600 + fees + Shipping. Payment via PayPal F&F New Price: £590 +...

www.amibay.com

 

[A1200]

@A1200
You surely intend to run the B1260 without heat sink at slightly overclocked 60Hz. I hope the 060 CPU, Rev 1 will run well in your Amiga without any heat issues.

I would have considered to buy this B1260 and remove the heat sink if the 060 CPU was one of the later revisions (4-6) which are known to stay cooler and being more stable when overclocked.
Good luck with your purchase. If you install it without heat sink soon, it would be nice to read your user experience here. We can all benefit from it.

I think a 50MHz 060 is plenty fast enough. The rev 1 runs fine at 50MHz. Some people want to run 060s at 60/75 even 100MHz but just having a stock Blizzard with full 060 with 64 or 128MB RAM is a performance Amiga sweet spot for me. For a mid range / high compatibility Amiga experience I use Blizzard 1230 MKIV accelerators (I have 4) with FPU and 64GB.

 

[Boing-ball]

Tracking information now provided to @A1200 via PM. Thanks again

 

[A1200]

Board received in perfect condition. I squirted a load of contact cleaner around the compound to loosen it up, then shoved a knife in one side and tapped it firmly but carefully until the heatsink came away then cut off the adhesive and cleaned it with isopropyl. Only a minor scuff on the CPU at the bottom which will probably oxidate at time goes on.

I have changed the oscillator back to 50MHz, put a new VL2020 battery on and swapped the 128MB simm for a slightly narrower 64MB simm which is more than enough RAM for my needs.

Thanks boing-ball