Lot of static noise on audio channel

[mousehouse]

My rusty old Amiga makes a lot of static noise on the "red" audiochannel. Sometimes it's completely silent, other times it is making a very loud crackling sound on top of the audio that is being played.

My guess is that one or more of the capacitors need replacing, is that a correct guess? If so, I haven't soldered anything in 15 years. Any volunteers or recommendations in NL?

[skurk]

First amendment is to open the hood and check for faulty capacitors.  They should be fairly easy to replace, any electronics repair service should be able to do that (tv repair etc)

[tokyoracer]

Totally agree on the cap replacement front, my Dad had the exact same problem with an old Hi-Fi amp (volume control though) and was fixed pretty easly and quickly. Good luck.

[Tumbleweed]

leaky caps is a common fault. Have a look here:

http://joj.home.texas.net/amigacap.html

Anthony Hoffman - Castellen on A.Org can fix it.

http://amiga.serveftp.net/

Weed

[mousehouse]

Thanks for the excellent resources!

Just swapped my Picasso II for a Picasso IV (a very nice card indeed), now the sound is perfect without static. But just to be safe I'm on the lookout for a good electronics guy, I also want the battery out and replaced by the nifty Li-Ion batteries I've seen in some pictures.

[rkauer]

For a perfect replacement of the {censored} NiCd battery look for a VL2020 unit. It is the coin-type solder NiMH or Li-ion battery used in Blizzard 1260.