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hardware OS4 : Happy new year and an advice from ACube |
| posted by elwood on 3-Jan-2026 19:46:20 (817 reads) |
Dear customers,
We would like to extend our warmest wishes for a joyful and prosperous New Year to everyone. May this 2026 bring us peace, happiness, and exciting news and developments for our beloved Amiga community.
It’s been over 19 years since the introduction of our first board, the Sam440ep. Throughout these years, this little board has proven to be one of the most stable platforms for running AmigaOS 4, and it’s still performing exceptionally well! However, some of its components are starting to show signs of age. In particular, the onboard M9 Graphic Chip may require some additional care due to its age. We strongly advise all our customers who still use the Sam440ep Mini ITX to add a fan to the M9 Graphic Chip as soon as possible. This will help the chip manage the high temperatures and ensure it continues to work without any issues.
We’ve found the perfect fan for this purpose. It’s a 30x30 fan that you can screw directly onto the M9 heatsink. As you can see in the picture below, connect the fan to connector J17. You’ll need to connect the red wire to pin 1 and the black wire to pin 4 (pins 2 and 3 should remain empty).
We all want this wonderful old board to continue to function well until the arrival of our new motherboard.
See the picture on our web page
The ACube Systems Team
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Re: Happy new year and an advice from ACube
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| 19 years! May Sam440ep endure even more in good health. |
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Re: Happy new year and an advice from ACube
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| As we welcome 2026, the AmigaOS 4 (OS4) scene continues to thrive thanks to dedicated developers, passionate users, Slope Rider and innovative hardware partners. OS4 remains a modern continuation of the classic AmigaOS family, running on PowerPC-based systems with a loyal following worldwide. |
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Re: Happy new year and an advice from ACube
Posted on 23-Jan-2026 15:06:00
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| My SAM440ep has an issue with "power good" detection and I never got rid of USB instability.
After many years of not powering it up, I will revisit it this year.
(It boots up when i place a lot of resistive loads on 5V & 12V lines,
PSU change did not give any improvement .... and I have 140mm
fan mounted above the motherboard ...  )
Upgrade path offering (to SAM460cr or similar) would be nice. 
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// Thing that I should find more time for: CC64 - 64bit Community Computer?
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Re: Happy new year and an advice from ACube
Posted on 23-Jan-2026 15:19:36
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| Insane idea/brainfart (tm):
Build a "pistorm" card for the PCI slot and enable SAM440ep owners to go beyond 667Mhz 440ep & 512Mb RAM!
Surely RPi4 with emuPPC is faster than a real 440ep?!
Alternatively enable RPi slave to bring "Linux Apps in a window" for AmigaOS4???
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// Thing that I should find more time for: CC64 - 64bit Community Computer?
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