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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: 560SL on February 29, 2012, 08:31:29 PM
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Late last year one of my CSPPC stopped working; I was almost dead sure it was beyond rescue, since upon inspection, it seemed as if the cheap DCE PPC- fan had decided to give up. Jammed due to dust.
It is very sad when such a wonderful piece of hardware becomes useless, not only because of the economic value, but for me, more the thought that a piece of important amiga legacy hardware dies, never to render a single frame of Doom again.
Last hope: Stachu in Poland! I decided to let him have a go with the defect CSPPC, even though he clearly explained to me uncertain outcome of any rescue attempt; if the board logic itself had been fried by overheating, chances would be slim to bring back the card to life.
I had two CSPPC sent to Stachu in early february, one working for upgrade, and the defect one for rescue operation. It took Stachu only a couple of days to track down the problem with the non- working CSPPC and bring it back to life. So, both cards working, and now upgraded. I am soon pushing on 40, but when I went to the post- office to get the packet from Poland, I must have looked like a five- year old on christmas.
Excellent professional service! Thanks Stan...
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Congrats ! I guess it was not cheap but i know it was well worth it .
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Glad to hear your CSPPC rescued :)
Stan is indeed a true Amiga community hero!
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Late last year one of my CSPPC stopped working; I was almost dead sure it was beyond rescue, since upon inspection, it seemed as if the cheap DCE PPC- fan had decided to give up. Jammed due to dust.
It is very sad when such a wonderful piece of hardware becomes useless, not only because of the economic value, but for me, more the thought that a piece of important amiga legacy hardware dies, never to render a single frame of Doom again.
Last hope: Stachu in Poland! I decided to let him have a go with the defect CSPPC, even though he clearly explained to me uncertain outcome of any rescue attempt; if the board logic itself had been fried by overheating, chances would be slim to bring back the card to life.
I had two CSPPC sent to Stachu in early february, one working for upgrade, and the defect one for rescue operation. It took Stachu only a couple of days to track down the problem with the non- working CSPPC and bring it back to life. So, both cards working, and now upgraded. I am soon pushing on 40, but when I went to the post- office to get the packet from Poland, I must have looked like a five- year old on christmas.
Excellent professional service! Thanks Stan...
Always nice to hear stores like this, good going.
Excellent work stan!
mech
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So what was the actual problem and what did he do ?
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So what was the actual problem and what did he do ?
...and how much did he charge you for the service?
Great work! Wonder if he can fix my dead BPPC 603e+...
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That is great...but after all that typing you don't include the actual problem and or what components needed to fixed/replaced..mmm.. Kind of weak, imo.
Rich
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Sorry for the weakness :)
Resoldering the 060- socket apparently did the trick with the dead CSPPC. I actually had a similar problem with another CSPPC a few years ago, it was sent for service to JJ at Amiga Center in france then.
As I understand, there was no problem with the PPC as I had first thought. I didn't ask for more specifics, I was just happy he got it working again.
For the dead CSPPC:
* 060 socket resoldering - 40€
* 68060/50 overclocked to 66Mhz - 65€
* PPC604e/350 overclocked to 367Mhz - 250€
Best thing with his service is he is in constant contact during the whole process, uploading pictures, mails etc so you always know whats happening.
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Awesome! Stachu is an asset bigtime.
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Sorry for the weakness :)
Resoldering the 060- socket apparently did the trick with the dead CSPPC. I actually had a similar problem with another CSPPC a few years ago, it was sent for service to JJ at Amiga Center in france then.
As I understand, there was no problem with the PPC as I had first thought. I didn't ask for more specifics, I was just happy he got it working again.
For the dead CSPPC:
* 060 socket resoldering - 40€
* 68060/50 overclocked to 66Mhz - 65€
* PPC604e/350 overclocked to 367Mhz - 250€
Best thing with his service is he is in constant contact during the whole process, uploading pictures, mails etc so you always know whats happening.
Hey no worries..on the weakness..hehe its all good. Just curious where are you located?
Glad to read that all is working again.
Rich
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Just curious where are you located?
Stockholm, Sweden
Glad to read that all is working again.
Yeah, I'm really happy too. Especially with my A3000 now pushing the limits again.
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That is superb. Great outcome. To put it into context. I have a almost 5yo just failed ASUS Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS purchased in 1997 for around $550. Chances of getting it operational again 0%. Value per year $110. Planned obsolescence, priceless...
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@560SL,
I'm glad that I could help and you have fun with both cards. :-)
Many thanks for your trust to me and smooth co-operation.
Cheers,
Stan
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stachu rocks! :hammer:
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ASUS Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS purchased in 1997
I very, very much doubt that.
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Sorry for the weakness :)
Resoldering the 060- socket apparently did the trick with the dead CSPPC. I actually had a similar problem with another CSPPC a few years ago, it was sent for service to JJ at Amiga Center in france then.
As I understand, there was no problem with the PPC as I had first thought. I didn't ask for more specifics, I was just happy he got it working again.
For the dead CSPPC:
* 060 socket resoldering - 40€
* 68060/50 overclocked to 66Mhz - 65€
* PPC604e/350 overclocked to 367Mhz - 250€
Best thing with his service is he is in constant contact during the whole process, uploading pictures, mails etc so you always know whats happening.
That IS an awesome deal. Is the 17mhz bump on the PPC that big of a difference? Let's see some rendering tests or YT vids of Quake (2) running, son!
Also: running OS4 classic or WUP/PUP?
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Is the 17mhz bump on the PPC that big of a difference?
Not sure if the extra 17Mhz are a bump-, or clock/bus issue. I'll pass this question to Stachu himself...
Apart from the higher framerates in games, I'd say one of the most noticable speedups are from the WarpUp datatypes, WarpDT. Great software, Amiga needs more of this.
Also: running OS4 classic or WUP/PUP?
Die hard classic user. Guilty of that, so Im still using 3.9 on both the A3000 and the A4000T. Running W7 if I suddenly feel the urge for semi- transparent jelly windows... :)
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Not sure if the extra 17Mhz are a bump-, or clock/bus issue. I'll pass this question to Stachu himself...
Apart from the higher framerates in games, I'd say one of the most noticable speedups are from the WarpUp datatypes, WarpDT. Great software, Amiga needs more of this.
Die hard classic user. Guilty of that, so Im still using 3.9 on both the A3000 and the A4000T. Running W7 if I suddenly feel the urge for semi- transparent jelly windows... :)
Oh no, don't say "guilty". I think older Amiga OSes are awesome as long as you know the limitations of what you're doing.
Oh, plus you can run MacOS 9.1 if you have a burning need for anything on that side of the house.
Have you tried PCTask or PCx?
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Die hard classic user. Guilty of that, so Im still using 3.9 on both the A3000 and the A4000T. Running W7 if I suddenly feel the urge for semi- transparent jelly windows... :)
You really should look into running OS4.1 on your box. Thats awesome spec for a classic and running OS4.1 give your machine more value and more fun. If you havent tried Amiga NG you are misssing out.
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Leave OS4.x for NG Amigas, it's designed for them, even if it can be a fun trip to use it on a classic for a while...
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is the 17mhz bump on the ppc that big of a difference?
66,66x5,5=367
66,66MHz is the bus frequency.
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I vote for getting OS 4.1. :) It'll give you an idea of how NG Amigas run, and to be honest OS 3.9 just doesn't stretch your PPC in a way it deserves, imho.
Plus 4.1 for Classic is the only way to run OS 4 and still have access to the AGA chipset.