A1000 and my 1060

[Jeff]

The power supply in my A1060 failed also. I tried at length to repair it and in the end it was a bad transformer. I ended up using the board out of a newer AT power supply from a standard PC and mounted it on the metal shelf in place of the old one.

I desoldered the connectors from the old A1060 power supply and transfered them to the new one. It looks stock and works great!

Good Luck
-Jeff

[Jeff]

There are a few pictures of it in my photo gallery. Look around and see. Here are some to get you started.

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2440
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2333
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2201
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2227

-Jeff

[Jeff]

@Gebrochen

If I have problems with any older games I just grab another A1000 without 3.1. I have many Amigas to choose from:-D

Good Luck with your A1060

-Jeff

[Jeff]

There are some really good reads on the net about repairing switching mode power supplies. You can fix your old one as long as the transformer is good. Start by testing the resistance on the outputs to see what happened. It could have bad capacitors, rectifier, switching transistors, or all of the above.

To be honest I wouldn't bother. Just grab a board out of a working AT power supply and swap it. Be careful of line voltages when you are working.

-Jeff

[Jeff]

It's pretty simple really. Two of the voltages can be worked out by the power plugs for the disk drives. Those pinouts are available and the voltages are +5 and +12, the grounds should be obvious and I believe there is one more negative voltage line. I can try and find the details if you get stuck. All of these are available on a standard AT power supply board and it can be easily adapted with a little detective work.

Good Luck,
-Jeff