040, possible to repair?

[PG]

No, only remove the RAM jumper + Ram card!

[tokyoracer]

Sorry if this is a dumb question but what one is the ram jumper?

[PG]

No problem.. :-)
The ram jumper is marked RAM on the PCB and is located near the battery!
This jumper should be removed when you have no memory installed and closed when you install a ram board.
Dont remove the clock jumper that is marked CLK.
This jumper should be closed in the 040 position.

[tokyoracer]

Nah, I removed it and the card but it's still the same outcome.  :-(

The horizontal pins are marked (left to right): 060, CLK, 040.

Vertical (left to right): RAM, SCSI, 060.

^ If that helps? It is back to how it was pictured.

[utri007]

What is your a1200 motherboard revision ??

It's printed near accelerator connector.

[tokyoracer]

I'm testing it on all sorts of 1200's. Well 3 different machines. I don't yet have the heart to dismantle all the models as it's allot of effort. I'm guessing if it doesn't work on any of them then it's the acc. at fault I'm guessing.

I might do it a little later on if it will really make a difference.

[utri007]

My apollo 040 doesn't work at all with 3.1 roms.

What roms you have?

All amiga technologies a1200s was equipped with rev 2b mobo, you have good changes that accelerator is not broken

[tokyoracer]

I got 3.1 but one of the 1200's I tested it on has 3.0 and was exacly the same.

[Tomas]

tokyoracer wrote:
If that site is in Beaverton, Oregon, then stay far, far, far away.

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retrogeekcomputers.com ?

There are some amiga.org members that claim to have been scammed by this guy.
But anyways... there is a amiga repair centre in france that has got very good reviews from customers, but i sadly do not remember the link for them. Does anyone else have the link?

[tokyoracer]

Links to repair sites would be much appreciated. :-)

[AJCopland]

Amiga Center France
I think this is the one that everyone normally recommends.
Andy

[Oli_hd]

Links to repair sites would be much appreciated.

Amiga Center in France
Ive got my PPC with them at the moment to see if it can be fixed (It arrived this morning, yay)

oh and I have an Apollo 040 and after cleaning the connector on it and doing the timing fix on my board it works 100% of the time

[tokyoracer]

Thanks for that link. It all looks promising but i'm not sure what contacts to clean, how or what to use.

[PG]

Ok, so now at least we know that you dont have a memory problem..:-)
As said before, if you cant get your card working its possible for you to send the card to me in Sweden if you want.
I have both PLD:s and can replace the cpu if its faulty.
If i cant repair it, you only pay the shipping cost...
PM me for details if you are interested.

[tokyoracer]

Sent PM. =)

[tokyoracer]

Sorry to double post, first real action now and will be sent off to Sweden and hopefully it is a CPU issue. If not then the troubleshooting will bigin... Again. >.< Which I hope won't happen.

Fingers crossed & thanks PG! :-)