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Upgrading to Full 68040 - Heatsink Needed?
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max out the memory and the cpu to a full 68040 for the fpu will help, but if you can boost cpu speed from the link i put up the 25 mhm to 33 mhz is big, and so is 33 to 40 mhz. I took my 638CD to 40 mhz and its faster than I ever remember and with the full fpu everything is quicker.
Wolfenstein 3D can take advantage of the FPU. Apparently it makes a difference in playability on the 575: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/6185-lc575-68lc040-cpu-info/
Nice! I'm getting psyched!
Older m68040s, which are labelled "XC", require heat sinks for speeds faster than 25 MHz and really should have a heat sink for 25 MHz. They're fine at 20 MHz. They are made with a 0.8 um process.
Later m68040s, labelled "MC", use a newer and smaller mask (0.65 um) and therefore take less power. They're usually fine at 25 without a heat sink but should have one at 33 MHz or faster.
The last m68040s, which have masks K63H or L88M, use a .057 um process and run coolest. They can be run at 40 MHz without a heat sink and run reliably at 50 MHz with a heat sink.
Later m68040s, labelled "MC", use a newer and smaller mask (0.65 um) and therefore take less power. They're usually fine at 25 without a heat sink but should have one at 33 MHz or faster.
The last m68040s, which have masks K63H or L88M, use a .057 um process and run coolest. They can be run at 40 MHz without a heat sink and run reliably at 50 MHz with a heat sink.
Most original m68040s can run up to 40 MHz without problems because they're all made the same - the chips labelled 40 MHz from Motorola were tested and confirmed good at 40 MHz, but internally they're no different than the 25 and 33 MHz parts. Some of them, when properly cooled, can run up to 50 MHz.
The 0.65 and 0.57 um (typo above - it's 0.57, not .057) masks can pretty much all run at 50 MHz with proper cooling. I'm running a few early XC chips in NewerTech Quadra Overdrives at 50 MHz and got a K63H mask chip for one of them, and it runs fine without a heat sink but with a small fan at 50 MHz.
Therefore, I think overclocking a newer mask is more or less limited by the rest of the system, not by the chip itself.
The 0.65 and 0.57 um (typo above - it's 0.57, not .057) masks can pretty much all run at 50 MHz with proper cooling. I'm running a few early XC chips in NewerTech Quadra Overdrives at 50 MHz and got a K63H mask chip for one of them, and it runs fine without a heat sink but with a small fan at 50 MHz.
Therefore, I think overclocking a newer mask is more or less limited by the rest of the system, not by the chip itself.
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OK, thanks. I have a Daystar Turbo 040 with a 40MHz rated MC68040RC40 with the .65 mask. It already has a heatsink, but I think I'm going to remove it, apply some thermal grease, then put a new heatsink and a fan on it. I'd like to get 50MHz on it. 
The Turbo 040 has a lot of extra electronics, so I'm hoping it won't suffer the same issues as simply overclocking the CPU directly on the motherboard. Not sure what the terminology is for that. Separate CPU clock from the BUS clock?
The Turbo 040 has a lot of extra electronics, so I'm hoping it won't suffer the same issues as simply overclocking the CPU directly on the motherboard. Not sure what the terminology is for that. Separate CPU clock from the BUS clock?
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I put a full 68040 with heatsink! in my LC-475 but Wolfenstein is way to slow on that machine especially in high-res-modes.
The smallest windows is good, but too tiny in my opinion.
Doc
The smallest windows is good, but too tiny in my opinion.
Doc
