I got ripped off on a dead Amiga 4000

[alexh]

The colour codes are AFAIK not hardware codes. A white (i.e. nothing) screen is the default colour which comes up and the CPU (running the Kickstart ROM) changes it.

They are built into code within the Kickstart ROM.

If you are getting colour codes other than white then your CPU is working and so is (some of) the Kickstart ROM.

[alexh]

While I doubt it will help, the A4000 lock will open with the vast majority of keys (all?) for modern removable hard drive bays which have cheap crappy locks.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130317037142

Why the feck they have keys I dunno cos they are not a security measure cos they are all the same.

[alexh]

The seller says that because I posted the Amiga I bought from him on this forum and his friend told him, he doesn't have to help me.

This is not a legal argument. You can post to any forum you like about whatever you like, but if the terms and conditions of the sale and the insurance you have with your purchase are valid then you CAN make a claim against the seller regardless.

Don't give him any room to manoeuvre. Keep up at him and your credit card company / pay pal, ebay or whatever you paid with.

I just bought a new Amiga 4000 for $575.

Seems a lot. The price of "bare bones" A4000 EC030's has been dropping in the UK. They are averaging about £155 ($248)

Thanks to whoever told this guy I posted!

I'm pretty sure it was google. Doubt this guy has any friends.

[alexh]

*ALL* Amiga 4000 need repairs.

I would question this statement. Non of mine need repairs, nor have they been repaired in the past. While I think you have to prepare for the worst, they don't !*ALL*! need repairs.

The battery needs to be replaced

Removed, not necessarily replaced. I would say most A4000's that are still working have already had their batteries removed.

and also ALL the electrolytic capacitors because they are mostly gone too.

I checked mine, all are fine. No bulging, no leaking.

[alexh]

They don't have to bulge or leak. They just dry out and don't perform their job anymore. If you have capacitors with green writing on it then believe me, they are broken.

Not sure I do believe you. However you have empirical evidence I don't, other than I have two working A4000's that have never had a repair and do not visually look like they need a repair. (Watch them break tomorrow

I have replaced the capacitors on 11 Amiga 4000 motherboards now

Who are you? And how come people are sending you their motherboards?