Quoted from ChrisHibler:I wouldn’t.
1. The heat isn’t an issue. That’s what the big heat sink is for.
2. The regulator is working. Why mess with it?
3. The ez part causes the sound board to emit a machine gun sound on power down. It’s annoying.
4. The LM323K isn’t a significant reason for resets. Connectors cause far more resets than the LM323K.
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1. Heat does cause damage to the boards over time and dry solder joints. It also puts more load on the 12v power supply including the connectors and board components in that chain. The waste heat is created as part of the original linear regulator's design to lower the output voltage to 5v.
2. These regulators do cause intermittent issues. For example, I re-capped my power supply in Police Force and am still only getting 4.95v out of it. This is with no 5v loads connected. As a result the game often does not boot.
3. Simply a personal preference vs. how good the game functions after upgrading the regulator.
4. It is often not, but with these parts often times being over 30 years old, that statistic is changing.
