What breaks first on your Amiga?

[AndyC]

Inside the first year I had to replace the whole motherboard of my A1200 after the mouseport failed.

I have a vague memory of a technician visiting the house and getting into the gubbinz.

That's why my Amiga has two warranty stickers on the base  :-)

Come to think if it, I wonder if the original motherboard was different to the one I have now (it's a 1D-4)?

AndyC

[JimmySage]

TV Modulator (and composite output)
Mouse buttons (well worth getting a PS2 mouse adapter)
Finally, the real time clock (MBX1230 XA)

The motherboard also has a Wang sticker on it but I can't imagine why I sent it in to repair for.

[Tension]

xeron wrote:
For A1200s, and especially A4000s, the audio capicitors.

My a4ks audio is buggered, and so is one of the CIAs cos all I can print is gibberish.

nightmare

[freqmax]

I'm asking partly due the Minimig project. Ie what models and parts should be re-implemented first. And what parts or designs are likely to fail first.

Seems the list can be broken down as this:
0) Battery leakage (Real time clock)
1) Mechanical parts (floppy, kbd, mouse, connectors etc..)
2) Capacitors (Power supplies, audio)
3) Heat dissipation (Alice, various chips)

[X-ray]

CIA chips

[Azryl]

On my A3000 desktop.. the power supply fails every 4 years!!  its getting extremely hard to find a competent tech to repair it.. so I bought 2x spares from ebay :-)

And the A3000 keyboard, the on board cpu has failed on 2x keyboards now :-(  I can not find anyone local who can repair them.. and postage and repair costs make it prohibitive to send away.

Az

[freqmax]

Azryl, The onboard cpu should be easily replecable!
Find a keyboard that works, document (and publish) how it works. Then program an AVR/PIC to do the same job. Much easier to replace..

[Trev]

I have two A1200s with iffy serial ports.

[motrucker]

I've been using Amigas since 1986. Head alignment of the floppy drive(s) should top this list - specially if copy protected games are used a lot!
Obviously the battery has a finite life - but that is usually about 5 years.
Most other parts depend on how well the system is treated and maintained.

[Ross1]

On the a4000 there seems to be alot of problems with battery leakage. The fix replace it with a new NiMh or at the very least remove the old one.
The power supplies also seem to dye alot. Its easy to make one out of a standard ATX PS.

[orb85750]

The only two things absolutely guaranteed to fail are the batteries and the Amiga trademark owner.  

[boinger]

the bank. i.e. my wallet.

[klx300r]

caps..replace them NOW :idea: