Acill's Amiga Repair Thread

[Kremlar]

Hey Acill -

Sent you a message on Facebook.

[Kremlar]

Hmm.. I haven't seen it come through there. I use my real name there if you sent it to an Acill.

PM sent.

[Kremlar]

I now have the tools to do SIMM socket replacements, chip removal, add sockets (buster 9 remove and add a PLCC for buster) and minor repairs to traces etc. at home. I also stock Caps and don't require anyone to send the kits along with boards. Turn around is still a week+ due to me doing this part time after work and on the weekends.

A result of me stocking caps is the price to do a board is higher. I wont buy low quality ones. I have been using hybrid Panasonic 10k hour. The complete kit at digikey for a single A1200 runs me about $55 (I order several to bring the price a few dollars lower). I can use a step below and cut that in half but I am reluctant to do so. I find it hard to justify doing the work and knowing it may need it again down the road if I use lower rated components.

Here is the caps I am using for an A4000T I am currently working on as an example: http://www.digikey.com/short/3pwwq2

Right!  Better to do it right the first time.  Why skimp on caps?

[Kremlar]

Some progress on Kremlar's A4000T. I just finished the Audio/Video module. No more low volume through the RCA jacks. Those two caps above the red jack were leaking quite bad.

:laugh1:

[Kremlar]

Thanks to Acill for the quick turnaround, reasonable price and great work recapping my 4000T and all daughterboards!  Everything fired right up and my audio issue (low volume) is fixed!  Great communication from Acill during the whole process, highly recommended to anyone else looking for recap work!!

[Kremlar]

Yay!  Was not so clean on the outside.  

[Kremlar]

Another job well done by Acill!  Got my 1200 board back and it's working great.  Details of my A1200 project here:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71057

[Kremlar]

The way I look at it, if you are going to go through all the work to replace it , do it right and use the best parts available!

Exactly!

[Kremlar]

More than fair.  Some people are just cheap bastards.  Charge what you need to make this worth your while.  If someone thinks it's too expensive they can go elsewhere and come back to you when they need it done right!