DCE Cyberstorm 604e/060 board repaired to 060 only by French Amiga Center

[Nlandas]

Hey guys,

    Any idea what I can get for a DCE Cyberstorm 604e/060 board that has been repaired by the French Amiga Center to be an 060 accelerator? Both of my A4000s died before I could install and use it. It's been stored since - I paid the French Amiga Center 190E to repair the board.

Unfortunately, he could only make it into an 060 accelerator without ram/scsi, etc. It should be in good repair as they have a great reputation but I can't test it at all.

I'd hate to be out the full 240E and I'm hoping that some of you will give me an idea of what you think I can list it for on Amibay and actually sell it.

Thanks,
-Nyle

AMIGACENTER wrote:
> Yes, exactly
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> JJ B
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nyle Landas"
> To: "AMIGACENTER"
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: DCE Cyberstorm 604e/060 board
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>> So, does the board work as an 060 card at this point without ram or SCSI?

[Nlandas]

He's really grasping at straws if he calls that a repair.  I wouldn't have paid for that kind of service.

I wasn't too pleased but he had my board and I was told by many people in the community that the French Amiga Center was really reliable and trustworthy.

So even with add in fast ram like a DKB 3128 the 060 on this isn't even as fast as an 040? It must be faster than the Commodore accelerators without ram onboard at least.

[Nlandas]

Isn't it still going to be faster than the stock Commodore A3640 board which also has not onboard RAM?

[Nlandas]

Fair enough - I hope others will learn from my experience with the French Amiga Repair Center. If it's a simple repair he migh handle it. If it's something more detailed with surface mount involved, especially, related to a Cyberstorm PPC board, expect to get back an 060 only with no ram or SCSI board.

[Nlandas]

mr JJB's services of the Amiga Repair Center France are AWESOME and has helped many amiga hardware to continue living. I have sent him much hardware and always was pleased to get it repaired.
Surelly you pay a price for that but he might be the ONLY one to actually know/care/repair amiga hardware!
I am sure he did not charge you 190e to get a 060 accelerator without scsi/ram, surelly he told you of the risks and if you are willing to pay the price...? He is not a thief, and ALL the damaged csppc's I have known returned from him had only the ppc disabled and worked like a normal MKIII card. Yours is the first I see that has no scsi/ram !

No I am sorry but that would not be correct. He quoted diagnosis cost at 50E and then cost to repair at a maximum of 240E. He then started repairing the board because he said he couldn't diagnose without repairing it. He then told me the SCSI didn't work and the ram didn't work and it'd be 190E repaired as just an 060 card.

I was never given the option of just paying the diagnosis fee. I have all the emails to back this up. Since I agreed to pay for his services, I begrudgingly paid him for the repair - when I expected it to be a diagnosis fee of 50E to say, it's not worth repairing.

This statement from JRB after my initial inquiry sums up my experience with his repair service - "Humppff, you cannot do anything good by yourself, else take a look at the board ..... "

As I said, many others praised him - they must have been lucky.

[Nlandas]

Sorry BUT there is also ANTHONY in New Zealand and he just as good i have bought lots of things from him (chips) and i know people that have sent him broken boards and he has repaired them so Amiga Repair Centre France IS NOT the only place and i also suspect there are others who would do repairs.
But with all repairs there should be atleast a mention of what the problem is along with the price I find it hard to believe ARCF doesn't tell people what is wrong with their hardware and just gives them a price, Is this really correct?

PS. i cant find/remember Anthony's account name here in A.org but i do have his email address if anyone wants to talk to him instead of ARCF.

Well I can tell you this was the deal -

JRB - "Humppff, you cannot do anything good by yourself, else take a look at the board .....
A good idea would be to send it to me to the adress below.
Diag is 50 E including shipping.
240 E is a maximùum if repair is possible."

   He then started the repair anyway because he said he couldn't diagnose otherwise. Without my go ahead. Immediately, going from a 50E diagnosis to a 190E repair to 060 only.

   I just hope others shop around and if they still use JRB's services they are very clear with JRB that the don't want any repair done until he gives his diagnosis of what can be repaired. As others have pointed out 190E is a lot to just get back an 060 only card with no ram/scsi.

[Nlandas]

It reminds me of a case not too long ago of a user who had a problem with that guy regarding a ppc card. The guy in question claimed 200 eur in order to send back the card to him. Think about it, 200 for retrieving your own card!!!!!. Of course, the card wasn't repaired, it was the cost on diagnosis.
Very sad.

It sounds like I'm not alone then. It went from 50E diagnosis to 140E between emails.

Yes, I could have argued with him but I still wanted to card back.

-Nyle