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Re: Amiga 500 White screen
« on: January 01, 2015, 02:28:50 PM »
If its a 500 it could be a leaky battery in the ram expansion

If its a 500 Plus it could be the onboard battery has leaked

Check socketed chips

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Re: Amiga 500 White screen
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2015, 09:44:04 AM »
Well, at least you know the problem is with the expansion.

It doesn't look badly damaged. You could try the following:

Check the condition of the pins on the ram expansion bay (on the Amiga) for any green corrosion. If so you may need to clean them.
[Its possible that the acid from the battery ran from the tracks through to the pins, in bad cases it can even travel to the motherboard itself.]

Check the ram expansion with a digital multimeter for continuity - You will need to check around the area that got damaged / corrosion from point to point. If there are any breaks in the tracks you will need to repair them. Bridging them or whatever.

512K ram expansions are cheap, so if you cant fix it its no big deal but i'm pretty sure its fixable.
A1200HD- Blizzard 1230IV / 64Mb / Kick 3.1 / OS 3.9 / 20GB HD
A4000 040 @33Mhz -Kick 3.1 / 16MB
A2000 Rev4.4 - \'030 @25Mhz / 8MB / Kick 3.1 / ClassicWB
CD32 -     Stock (W/ 2 CD32 Controllers]
A500 Plus - 68000 / 2MB Chip / 2Mb Fast / 2.04/1.3 / A590 / A570
A600HD - 2MB Chip / 8MB Fast / 2GB CF HD / Kick 3.1
CDTV

PowerMac G4 1Ghz (MorphOS / Leopard)

[url]http://amigamap.com/us