Amiga 1200 does not work

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

You guys make things so difficult.  Yes, before you do anything else, send it to be re-capped.  This is a very common problem with A600/A1200/A4000 systems.  Send it to AmigaKit, or danbeaver's guy, or use this guy:

http://www.maccaps.com/MacCaps/Repair_Service.html

There's at least a dozen other folks in the forums who can do this (do a forum search), or you can do it yourself - AmigaKit sells cap packs for under $10.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

BTW, if the power and hard drive (and floppy lights) don't work at all, they are on a small PCB that attaches to the inside of the case.  Sometimes this can go bad, or be damaged, or maybe it's just unhooked?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I've used Charles at Maccaps on working motherboards (he is fast and does a good job), but he can not diagnose and repair Amigas (Macs, yes).

Ah, I see what you mean.  He put his discription in in a really weird way so I didn't notice it at first.  I'll copy & paste his entire description here, for the benefit of anyone who might come across this link later:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-1200-Re-cap-Service-/181650420728?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a4b3573f8

Hey Vintage Amiga lovers.
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I'v been recapping Mac / Amiga / NeXT for years.

Just bought an Office just for this, MacCaps.com
I have 3 kids at home, and fixing boards there just was not working out.

So now that I have an office I need to keep up a regular work flow.

- Basically what you are paying for is this:
- Professional / Careful Hot Air De-Cap
- By hand Pad scrub with flux and copper braid
- Mess clean up with Qtips and Chemical Solution
- Wash,  Regulated Air Compressor Dry
- Re-Cap with Quality Japanese Replacements.
- Test , I will test the caps with a meter.

I can't test Amiga stuff right now, I simply cannot afford
Them Right now, I don't have any Amiga machines here.

So right now I just cap em,  and if i see some traces that are shot,
I will give you 30 minutes over the standard re-cap for free, For fixes.
After that my Bench fee is $36 an hour.

A good most of the time , Most boards just need to be De-Capped/Cleaned/Re-capped and all is well.  Some boards can be problem boards, I have worked on them all many many times and i know
most of all their flaws.

My shop is in Novi Michigan, just send me the bare board,  And consider it done.

Shipping USPS or Fedex works, what ever offers free tracking, and is insured.


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[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Good job in the replacement PSU and LED lights lead.  Usually when people have mouse problems the issue lies with a CIA chip, or occasionally with Paula.  Might be obvious, but have you confirmed that the mouse works correctly on another system?  Have you tried your current system with a different mouse?

This doesn't change the recommendation to have the caps replaced, btw.  It's cheap and good preventative maintenance, since those caps can leak and cause a whole host of issues.  Just giving you a couple other things to check, as well.