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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: marcfrick2112 on May 30, 2008, 07:19:21 AM

Title: Did I end up paying too much for a loaded A4000T ?
Post by: marcfrick2112 on May 30, 2008, 07:19:21 AM: Hi All, anyone know what an A4000T with Toaster/Flyer/TBC4/PAR , '060 , 192MB with all needed drives, might cost to buy? I had to send my A4000T back to be repaired, end cost was about $1000, how bad did I do? Only sent back because I messed it up trying to install more RAM to the CS :-(
Title: Re: Did I end up paying too much for a loaded A4000T ?
Post by: EvilGuy on May 30, 2008, 07:29:14 AM: $1000? To do what exactly? Did adding more RAM fry everything in you a4kT?
Title: Re: Did I end up paying too much for a loaded A4000T ?
Post by: Fingers on May 30, 2008, 07:46:18 AM: I'm hoping (for his sake) that he means $1000 total including purchase AND repair?

PZ.
Title: Re: Did I end up paying too much for a loaded A4000T ?
Post by: on May 30, 2008, 08:43:16 AM: I think I remember seeing a 4000T all-together go for around $850 on ebay a while back, but it didn't have the video hardware you're talking about, which I think is worth at least several hundred dollars on its own. I seem to remember it had a sound problem, too. So if you paid $1k for it, I'd consider that a fair deal (by the standards of the day) even if you spent a little more on repairs.
Title: Re: Did I end up paying too much for a loaded A4000T ?
Post by: darksun9210 on May 30, 2008, 08:56:27 AM: yeah i hope that was the purchase price and repair costs, but these days it wouldn't surprise me if that was just the repair costs...

i remeber analogic charging me nearly £200 to repair my 'dead' A4000/030, plus another £80 for an A4k keyboard. :-( ouch.

plus i sold my fully loaded Escom A4000T for £800, after spending £1200 just on the digital broadcaster card and AD516. :headwall: that had to be the dumbest thing i think i've done in a long time.
Title: Re: Did I end up paying too much for a loaded A4000T ?
Post by: rkauer on May 31, 2008, 02:41:31 AM: Maybe he had sent it to that DM guy, who charge him a thousand grands for a battery swap.
Title: Re: Did I end up paying too much for a loaded A4000T ?
Post by: marcfrick2112 on June 01, 2008, 07:14:49 AM: Thanks everyone, I should have been more clear, the total cost was $1000. ($600 for the 4000T, about $200 for the PAR card and the TBC 4, $200 for the repair and external enclosures for the Flyer's drives... When I took the beast apart to try to max. out the RAM on the CS, I must've connected something wrong when I re-assembled it, according to the guy who fixed it, some caps. were blown, as well as the Denise chip. Ugh....

rkauer: I may be dumb, but not that dumb
:lol:
(what's a 'battery' ....) :-P
Title: Re: Did I end up paying too much for a loaded A4000T ?
Post by: countzero on June 01, 2008, 07:29:54 AM: erm, denise chip ? there's no denise to be found at AGA chipset. it should be Lisa or alice.

also how did you end up with 192 mb ? you can put 16 on the mobo and 128 on the CS = 144mb.
Title: Re: Did I end up paying too much for a loaded A4000T ?
Post by: marcfrick2112 on June 01, 2008, 08:16:27 AM: Ack, caught me twice, countzero. Of course you're right... I guess the offending chip was Alice. Shouldn't really post past my bedtime :lol: