FS or Trade: My WHOLE Amiga 3000 Setup

[mschafe]

** I'M KEEPING THE SYSTEM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE**


Thanks!

[mschafe]

I forgot to add I will have pictures up by the end of the day.

[AJCopland]

I dont know if you've already had a look for things to fix it but i found this when reading up about the GVP Specturm 24 "does not work reliably with Buster rev. 9" which you state that you have. Found it here at the Amiga Hardware Database.

Afraid I dont have a 3k or 4k to swap but good luck. That and i live in the UK! :-D

[T3000]

Why sell everything to start over? Ya got all the "extra" stuff to begin with, just need to iron out the problem. Yeah, finding another MB replacement might be tough, but I'm sure once ya find another A3000, complete or in pieces you'll be wishing you didn't unload everything. I'll dig through my "extra" amiga stuff and see if there's a spare A3000 sitting there....

[koaftder]

If you want a nice amiga you would keep the stuff you have. If you can't fix the motherboard, look for another one or consider amiga center france for repairs. Your expansion hardware is hard to come by and expensive, keep it. ( you said you got a great deal on it ).

I bought an a3000 motherboard from ebay for $100. It came with the daughterboard. The guy who sold it basically seperated his 3000 into 100 pieces and sold it on ebay individually and he is not the first to do that.

You would do best to keep what you have and either have your stuff repaired or buy a new motherboard.

If you still want to sell, let me know, i'm in the market for a new video card.

[mschafe]

Because I'd be willing to give up all my goodies for a stock reliable machine.  Then I can add to it later if I need to.

[koaftder]

mschafe wrote:
Because I'd be willing to give up all my goodies for a stock reliable machine.  Then I can add to it later if I need to.

I hate to say it... A reliable a3000 is almost impossible to come by these days. These machines are old. When i got my 3000 it had serious issues. I love the amigas though and enjoy the challenges keeping them running. I have done many repairs to my 3000 motherboard.

[AmiDude]

I hate to say it... A reliable a3000 is almost impossible to come by these days.

All my A3000's are very reliable and stable. They never
have given me any problems.
 :-D

[mschafe]

I have an Amiga 1000 and 500... both are rock solid great computers.  Just needed something more advanced with a hard drive and a later version of the OS.

[KThunder]

pmail
i know how you feel about your 3000. i had two a1000s pass on.
if a pc mobo dies it really doesnt faze me. but a miggy. that is sad.

[BR]

koaftder wrote:
If you want a nice amiga you would keep the stuff you have. If you can't fix the motherboard, look for another one or consider amiga center france for repairs. Your expansion hardware is hard to come by and expensive, keep it. ( you said you got a great deal on it ).

This is good advise. I sent my 060 PPCMKIII to him over
3 years ago and it's still working fine. It cost what
he said it would, and he had it back to me when he said
he would. I'd recommend him to anyone that want's something
fixed right.
Bob Reising
 

[Tenacious]

I hate to see you give up, too.  The video cards will be hard to replace.  Is there no vestage of a nearby users group?  

Just to recap, did this wierd booting problem persist after the graphics, HD, accel were removed (booting from floppy)?

EDIT  Also, you can normally see a bent zip memory pin with a flashlight and a magnifying glass.

Oh well, good luck with whatever you decide.

[koaftder]

BR wrote:

koaftder wrote:
If you want a nice amiga you would keep the stuff you have. If you can't fix the motherboard, look for another one or consider amiga center france for repairs. Your expansion hardware is hard to come by and expensive, keep it. ( you said you got a great deal on it ).

This is good advise. I sent my 060 PPCMKIII to him over
3 years ago and it's still working fine. It cost what
he said it would, and he had it back to me when he said
he would. I'd recommend him to anyone that want's something
fixed right.
Bob Reising
 

I have been hitting these boards for a long time and I'm glad you have posted your experience with this guy. I have seen 1000 posts from all kinds of amiga sites singing praise with this guys work. I have never seen a single post saying this guy didn't come thoug at a fair price in 5 years. This man can fix anything and he is damn cheap. He can fix that a3000 mobo for less than i could buy a picasso IV board on ebay.

[Tahoe]

koaftder wrote:

I have been hitting these boards for a long time and I'm glad you have posted your experience with this guy. I have seen 1000 posts from all kinds of amiga sites singing praise with this guys work. I have never seen a single post saying this guy didn't come thoug at a fair price in 5 years. This man can fix anything and he is damn cheap. He can fix that a3000 mobo for less than i could buy a picasso IV board on ebay.

No; sorry. I wouldn't call him cheap; but he definatly is worth it.
His repairs are absolutely top notch; and so is his service. I sent him 3 A4000 boards and a CyberstormPPC, told him not to hurry; I was in no rush. Had them back within a week.

[tonyvdb]

It is sounding like a heat problem in your A3000 making the contact weak once it warms up I would remove all the cards and clean the contacts with an eraser and then put back in one at a time and see if the problem continues.  Check that the memory is seated properly again carefully removing them and then replacing them. Check the cable on your hard drives to make sure that they are connected properly and ensure that there is no leakage of the battery on the motherboard if so remove it immediately and clean up the affected area with alcohol and a q-tip.