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Offline ToddH

Re: Acill's Amiga Repair Thread
« on: July 15, 2016, 08:09:27 PM »
I'm working on obtaining an Amiga as we speak so one of the first things I plan to do is send the motherboard your way for a re-capping. Thanks for everything you're doing for the Amiga community!
 

Offline ToddH

Re: Acill's Amiga Repair Thread
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2016, 10:46:02 PM »
Quote from: Acill;811387
Huge new order of caps just placed for A600, A1200, A4000 and CD32 as well as a few of the CPU cards and other accessories for sidecar add on expansions for various Amiga models.

I also ordered enough A4000 SIMM sockets, Super Buster-11 and sockets to do 4 machines if you need a repair or an upgrade on your 4000.

I can also do classic game consoles and add support for Atari 2600/5200 composite and audio output so you can play on a modern TV.


Perfect. My Amiga 600 should be delivered by the end of the month. Soon as it is I'll get in touch with you about doing a re-cap.
 

Offline ToddH

Re: Acill's Amiga Repair Thread
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2016, 12:27:22 AM »
That's some awesome work. Can't wait to see what magic you do with mine.
 

Offline ToddH

Re: Acill's Amiga Repair Thread
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2016, 01:53:00 PM »
Saw your message when I got up this morning. Looks awesome!
 

Offline ToddH

Re: Acill's Amiga Repair Thread
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2016, 04:42:21 PM »
Quote from: Acill;812474
The A600 isnt doing so well. Its got so much corrosion on several areas and components that finding a single source of the issue is being difficult. To make matters worse, the silkscreen print is defective and is flaking off as you touch it. That alone makes finding components and tracing vias a pain in the butt! I am honestly thinking this board is going to get to the point of being no longer cost effective to fix. The case and everything else are in great condition though.

Not giving up just yet, but without an o-scope its difficult :(


Yeah I think I may just have to give up on the 600. Looking like replacement motherboards are hard to find. Amigakit shows them in stock but it won't let me add it to my cart.

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=73

If I could a nice, clean NTSC 1200 that didn't cost me an arm and a leg I'd jump at it but hoarders and folks trying to make a buck on eBay have pretty much made it impossible to get back into the Amiga scene without a crapload of cash. :(
 

Offline ToddH

Re: Acill's Amiga Repair Thread
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2016, 05:57:09 PM »
Quote from: Acill;812481
I am not giving up on it yet!! It just has a lot of nasty solder joint rot from the caps leaking. I wont charge you any more than the recap, but it does get to a point that it costs more to fix than it is worth unless you have a real love for the machine. A600, not so much for me. It started out a cheap machine in the first place. The only reason people horde them now is that Vampire 2. Before that came out it was a low desired model of you remember.

Good news is this PSU works amazingly well and it covers the A1200, 600 and 500.


I'm still hoping but I did post in the marketplace for a replacement. If you do get this one up and running at least I'll have a spare, which judging by the 600's history, might not be a bad thing to have.