Author Topic: Amiga 3000 repair? (Read 4704 times)

trilobitepictures · « **on:** May 17, 2009, 04:37:20 PM »

I have an until-recently working A3000 that decided to die on me. Are there any places left that will repair these machines?

trilobitepictures · « **Reply #1 on:** May 17, 2009, 06:07:25 PM »

Silly me. It would, wouldn't it?

Bristol, CT

trilobitepictures · « **Reply #2 on:** May 17, 2009, 06:42:48 PM »

I'm not capable of fixing this myself.

The machine has not been turned on in maybe 15 years (give or take). Turned on just fine, ran like a charm. Looked through old college DPaint projects. Turned it off. Moved it to it's new home. Turned it on with a whiff of ozone and the hard drive light stays on and it no longer boots. I opened her up on looked about to the best of my abilities. A large blue cylinder on the mother board (capacitor? fuse?) had serious about of corrosion on it, perhaps it had even melted I can't be sure. I don't even know if that is the problem. Someone withthe proper know-how would need to get in there and check.

trilobitepictures · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2009, 09:24:25 PM »

Quote from: Amiduffer;454733

Ewwww.

The dreaded battery-O-death. Post a picture if you can.

I'll try.

I assume then that this is a common problem? Is there any kind of solution, or has the 3000 gone completely Kobayashi Maru?