Hardware status check

[looren]

Hi !

Seen several videos on youtube recommending to replace batter/capacitors on the Amiga motherboards so I opened up my 1200 the other night to have a look.

Besides rust eating away on the shield, to me everything looks pretty OK but then again I know little about electrical stuff. I snapped a few photos. Am I correct, or do I need to start thinking of servicing the motherboard?
http://www.dumpt.com/img/viewer.php?file=h8pcqu5j37ti5awc1qwd.jpg
http://www.dumpt.com/img/viewer.php?file=cobsxekhuet8ng0dy9ya.jpg
http://www.dumpt.com/img/viewer.php?file=5dmd6pkn8c14smja3lkv.jpg
http://www.dumpt.com/img/viewer.php?file=ygmxvl9mwd6uzs5vctm1.jpg
http://www.dumpt.com/img/viewer.php?file=7oh7ummwsbotr9y6oemq.jpg
http://www.dumpt.com/img/viewer.php?file=jehrwnovng1wlvd3621b.jpg
http://www.dumpt.com/img/viewer.php?file=x8291scez3e6vp7lmog6.jpg

Also, am I correct in that there is no type of battery attached to the motherboard?

[looren]

Thank you for your input slimf

Yeah, the board was quite full of dust when I opened it. What looks dirty is just thin layers of dust a bit out of focus and overexposed from the flash of the camera. I dusted the worst off, but didn't want to touch the board to much since I don't have any anti-static tools.

I'll have a look on Google to see if there are anyone in Europe that might be able to repair and clean it up a bit.

[looren]

It seems Amigakit offers services for repair. They also have service for floppy, and I noticed it was mighty dirty to so 71 eur for replacing capacitors and cleaning up the floppy seems okay.

They also have "A4000 / A1200 / A600 Audio Repair"
I have not heard of any common issues with audio for 1200, or am I mistaking?

[looren]

jltursan; That was my understanding to.

Rob; Excellent, thank you very much for the tip. Is this the guy you are mentioning? http://leblogdecosmos.blogspot.se/
TBH, I would prefer not to send it to Amigakit. Evey time I talk to them, it seems like they only read 20% what I write and almost always only answer the first question (never follow up questions).. Just, very frustrating.

QuikSanz; In other words, the audio-caps should be re-capped as well just be on on the safe side?