Amiga 3000 - U202, U203, U701 and U714 in production now!

[ChaosLord]

Every Amiga 3000 needs its U202 and U203 chips replaced!  You either should have replaced them long ago or you need to replace them in the future.  But sooner or later they must be replaced.

When U202 and/or U203 start overheating you get all sorts of weird sparkly graphics on the screen and some random memory corruptions.  Its awful.

But it is really easy for a newb to replace these chips.

I bought my replacements from some place in Canada back in the 1990s (maybe 1994?).  I wish I would have bought a whole stack of extras for other ppl to make sure we never run out.  The replacement chips work great!

[ChaosLord]

Funny, I never even thought of replacing these.

Looking forward to running cooler.  I assume they are just plug and play?

Did you buy ur A3000 used?
It probably already had them replaced.



Yes, you just unplug the old chip and plug in the new one.  If you can plug in one of those A3000 RAM chips then you can totally replace U202, U203.

No desoldering.  No soldering.  No electrical engineering degree required.  You don't even have to have your kid do it for you.

I never replaced a U701 or U714 but I assume they are exactly the same shape and size.

The hardest part is getting your A3000 apart and back together without slicing your hand open or yelling out any naughty words.