Jason Willgruber wrote:
> The 286 chip in the T3100 series was smaller than the regular 286 chip
> (IIRC). The "fun" part about it was that it just dropped into the socked
> (loosely), and was held in place by the heatsink that snapped on top [one
> of Toshiba's *many* bad designs). If the computer would get bumped
> suddenly, or if the chip would move due to expansion and contraction of the
> chip from heat, it would need to reseated. There was also VERY little
> airflow in those machines. The power supply has a 1 1/2" fan, and the hard
> drive and floppy drive were directly in front of the internal air vents,
> basically blocking the already limited (because of fan size) airflow. The
> HD controller was also buried under the hot power supply. The controller
> would heat up, and the P/S would heat up, causing the HD controller to blow
> from overheating, and making it seem like the heads in the HD were stuck
> (don't know if toshiba did this on purpose...). The HD's, if you can find
> one are around $150 for a 20 meg. I don't know the cost of the
> controllers, because I sold the thing for parts before I even thought about
> looking in to it.
Oh I know the type your talking about, square 286 clamped in with pressure
contacts on all four sides. The last one I saw like that was in a Delta Gold I
had over 10 years ago. It had the white thermal compound on it to the heat sink
cover but of course that unit had more than enough air flow being a desktop
case, unless you got sloppy and let the ribbon cables block the air. I've only
worked on 2 T3100's and that was external work so I can't attest to what may be
inside.
So the hard drives are a special type huh?
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