Acill's Amiga Repair Thread

[LoadWB]

Thanks for the shoutout!

Speaking of NOT having someone do things right. Here is some shots of an A4000 ROM socket replacement gone wrong that I am having to rework and repair that someone had a friend do for him. I dont think I want a friend touching my stuff if it turns out looking this way!!!!

https://goo.gl/photos/cnaEH4u1Du3Td2Cn6

*sigh* I have to admit, much of my early work in the days I was learning to solder looked something like this.

[Acill]

*sigh* I have to admit, much of my early work in the days I was learning to solder looked something like this.

Yeah, but at least its easy to repair with the proper tools. It just takes a lot of time.

[LoadWB]

Yeah, but at least its easy to repair with the proper tools. It just takes a lot of time.

I should send you my "Warp Speed" cartridge I, er, fixed a long time ago

[Acill]

These are being manufactured right now!!!! Cant wait to see how a red and blue 040 to 060 adapter looks! More to follow once I receive them and have a chance to build the first one.

[Acill]

I have heard your name in Amiga circles as well and was curious about getting some work done. Thank you for offering your services here on AtariAge. That said, I will PM you some questions
 
Also, to ensure "you are who you are" for people concerned, can you reply to your thread here and mention you have posted in the AA forums offering services as well?
 
http://www.amiga.org...t=70747&page=14

Edited by eightbit, Today, 8:53 PM.

Posting this reply as requested. I registered over at AA to offer some additional services for our friends on the other platform

[Arnuph1s]

Don't let those Atari folks steal you away!

[Acill]

Don't let those Atari folks steal you away!

I wont, and a few of them have had some issues with me using machined sockets on a few projects over the spring clip. I am not going to do a lot of explaining myself over and over when my work has been seen first hand by so many others.

I think its just hurt pride more than having to justify my work actually.

[Acill]

The start of it! All new A500 Plus! Stay tuned.

https://goo.gl/photos/d3xfSNepJpZMDGMk6

[LoadWB]

Woot!

[Acill]

This is an A4000 board I have been working on for a customer that had someone attempt to repair the ROM sockets and didn't do a very good job of it. The sockets were ripped out mostly and took several eyelets with it and tore several more from traces. He has limited funds so we are doing it as correct as I can for him in small stages. You can see the new copper eyelets in this shared album.

https://goo.gl/photos/cnaEH4u1Du3Td2Cn6


I've been doing these new shared albums in Google Photos. How do you all feel about this? It lets me add to them as I go and you can get notified of new stuff I think as well.

[Pgovotsos]

Is there some way that you can label the pictures and perhaps add circles around what in the image is the concern or what has been fixed? Something along the lines of labeling "before - problem XXXX" and "after - problem XXXX addressed by performing YYYY" with the "problem" area circled.

Does Google albums let you do more than just label the pictures? What I mean is can you also add a paragraph that gives more detail than what is in the brief label.

If you're accessing it from a browser, how do you get notification of updates? Or does it only support notification when using the app? Do you NEED a Google + account to do the notification?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I've been doing these new shared albums in Google Photos. How do you all feel about this? It lets me add to them as I go and you can get notified of new stuff I think as well.

IMHO it's good for your customers: nice, high resolution photos, documenting the issue and the repair process, etc.  But not so good for people in forums - for example if cloud-hosting photo providers are blocked on their end, and also - will the pictures still be available in five years time?  I'm sure everyone here has seen a thread where all the pictures are gone because someone hosted them on an old Photobucket account, or whatnot, that's long since defunct (pretty common on Amibay, I've noticed).

Again, just IMHO, I'd upload a few photos directly to the forum, as well.  so that if something ever happens to your shared album the forum pictures will still be available.

That's assuming the forum doesn't go through another big data loss like it did in what... 2003?  :lol:  Oh well, nothing's safe on the Internet, great photos, I'll stop ranting now!  

[kirk_m]

Wow, I am amazed those little torn out sockets can be replaced like that!  Great job!

[roMancer]

Hi! Sorry if this is a bit off-topic: I have an old Microbotics M1230XA accelerator board, and it's not working properly. Is this the right place to ask for help? If you think you (anybody) can help, or if you just have a running M1230XA, then please contact me (probably best via PM?) (for starters, a few screenshots would help me). Thanks!

[Acill]

Hi! Sorry if this is a bit off-topic: I have an old Microbotics M1230XA accelerator board, and it's not working properly. Is this the right place to ask for help? If you think you (anybody) can help, or if you just have a running M1230XA, then please contact me (probably best via PM?) (for starters, a few screenshots would help me). Thanks!

This is the right place if you would like me to take a look at it. Currently, I have quite a backlog of repairs. I am also located in the US. If you would like to send it in please send me a message and we can set something up.

[Acill]

Here is a repair under the U176 socket I removed from the same 4000 I have shown previously. I noticed some scratches under one end and removed the socket to be sure it wasn't damaged further than just the scratches.

Clearly its a good thing I did. It had three broken traces that had to be repaired. These are super tiny and had to be done under a microscope. The green blob you see is an epoxy used to cover the traces to prevent further damage.