Recapping services

[danbeaver]

Sadly, Charles at MacCaps can only replace the caps, he has no way of knowing if the board works, so anything like testing or repairs is beyond him.

[danbeaver]

Makes sense to me.  He's saying he doesn't have room/money for Amiga setups, be-that cases, power supplies, keyboards, blah blah.  Replacing the caps isn't rocket science, he doesn't need any actual "Amiga knowledge" to do that, that's Electronics 101.    Maybe somebody should donate a full Amiga system to him, so he could put the motherboard in to test it after he's done?  But then which do you send him?  A600?  A4000?  A1200?  Obviously all this stuff takes up a lot of space, and a lot of money.

As for the other questions "What happens if it kills the board?" - shouldn't that be an obvious answer?  :lol:

Odd you should say this, I gave him a formatted HDD with OS3.1, a new square (Mech's) A500/1200 power plug, and a few other bits in March 2014.  I knew he had the schematics and equipment for Mac repairs and was willing to broaden his customer base.

[danbeaver]

Maccaps does have reviews from Amiga owners that sent their MB's in for service and they were pleased at the working finished product!

Check the website.

Chris

I have had 2 A4K motherboards recapped by Charles and he did a great job, however I am awaiting the return of Anthony H. to NZ to have recaps AND repairs done to several more and a couple of A3640's.

If you have unused Amiga "bits & bobs" to send in to Charles at MacCaps that he could use to build an Amiga setup for testing motherboards, it would benefit those of living in the States.