It's dead Jim (4000D)

[Plaz]

For a second I thought Red had come back...

Guess he's still mad at us.

This is a method I've used in the past with some success.
It's a bit extreme but will give you a 50/50 chance of finding the bad CIA first try.
Use that "hot finger" trick to get a good guess at which is the bad CIA.
Cut the pins away from your choosen CIA and remove it from the motherboard.
A sharp xacto blade makes a good tool.
Power up see if you get a screen. Yes? You found the bad CIA, yea!
No? Drat, it was the other one.

Of course a good amiga repair center is always the best ;-)
Plaz

[Plaz]

I think they're the same as the ones in the a600 and a1200

I know the CIA's are the same in the 1200 and 4000, not sure about the 600 snice I've never seen the inside of one. There was a vendor in Flordia I bought CIA's from, but I dont' think they're around any more. You might email softhut.com and amigakit.com to see if they have any stashed in the closet. You might also post for a non-working 1200 you can scuttle the CIAs from. I'll post or pmail if I see another source.

Plaz

[Plaz]

@Argus

In the true Amiga spirit, maybe we should start a petition to bring back Red.

I don't know, he was very sore when he left. Didn't even answer an email when I wanted to buy some thing. I see some of his ami/c= auctions on ebay, so he's still out there. I like to think he'll be back one day. But it did seem there were a few here that did enjoy sticking it to him. As long as that still exsist, he'll stay in they 40 colum/16 color pond I guess. :-)

Plaz