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amiga 2000 suddenly dead, what happened?
« on: February 14, 2012, 02:29:44 AM »
Ive had my amiga for about 6 months now. Anyway  I had some friends come over yesterday, and i was showing them my various antiques and vintage stuff. When i went to power up the amiga 2000, all i got was a yellow screen with rapidly moving diagonal black lines. The harddrive light didnt come on, and it wont respond to a floppy disk in the drive.  What in the world happened?
 

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Re: amiga 2000 suddenly dead, what happened?
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2012, 01:07:49 PM »
Well I think I found the problem.... The battery leaked and some of the acid got on the pins of the processor, and it's all corroded. So that's going to need cleaning.  Where can I get a replacement battery?
 

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Re: amiga 2000 suddenly dead, what happened?
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2012, 01:25:12 PM »
Ok, thanks for the info!  I'll just remove the battery and clean the PC board.  The clock feature doesn't really matter to me.
 

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Re: amiga 2000 suddenly dead, what happened?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2012, 01:26:55 AM »
Well, I took it apart, removed the battery and cleaned the cpu pins and socket.  I used lemon juice as well to get rid of the acid.  It still doesn't work...
 

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Re: amiga 2000 suddenly dead, what happened?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2012, 01:12:19 PM »
I checked the traces, theyre fine.  However, this morning, I powered up the amiga, and now im getting a green screen.
 

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Re: amiga 2000 suddenly dead, what happened?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2012, 01:59:08 PM »
Yes, i disconnected all the Zorro cards, I get a white screen when they're removed.

Where are the vias located on the board?
 

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Re: amiga 2000 suddenly dead, what happened?
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2012, 02:39:18 PM »
Quote from: Framiga;680590
the vias are all over the board. The ones you need to check, are the one surrounding the offended area ( vias are that little round silver like things .... they are like bridges that interconnects traces between the 2 faces of the PCB and can be affected/corroted by the acid)


Ok, Thanks!  I'll check em.
 

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Re: amiga 2000 suddenly dead, what happened?
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2012, 04:23:28 PM »
Well, I checked the connections around the battery area. They're all ok.  
What if the problem wasn't the battery leakage?