Acill's Amiga Repair Thread

[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.

[trilobyte]

Hi Acill -- how's your backlog?  I'm hoping to find somebody to repair this Phoenix Electronics CPS-500 Amiga 500/1200 power supply.  It's pretty heavy-duty and used to work but now I have to use my stock Commodore model power supply.  If you're too busy, can you recommend anyone else?  Thanks.

[Acill]

Hi Acill -- how's your backlog?  I'm hoping to find somebody to repair this Phoenix Electronics CPS-500 Amiga 500/1200 power supply.  It's pretty heavy-duty and used to work but now I have to use my stock Commodore model power supply.  If you're too busy, can you recommend anyone else?  Thanks.

I'm a bit over extended currently since I have had to travel for work a lot this last few weeks. I will be out again all next week as well.  If you can send it in I can look at it, but I've found its just better to get a good quality ATX supply and convert it using the power connector cable from the original supply. You get a better PSU for about the same cost as me repairing the older one.

If you are not in a rush you can PM me for info on sending it in, but it will sit for a couple weeks.

[trilobyte]

I'm a bit over extended currently since I have had to travel for work a lot this last few weeks. I will be out again all next week as well.

Gotcha.  Thanks.

If you can send it in I can look at it, but I've found its just better to get a good quality ATX supply and convert it using the power connector cable from the original supply. You get a better PSU for about the same cost as me repairing the older one.

Works for me, but I don't have any diagrams at this point and I'm crappy at soldering.  I'll look up some diagrams though, and try to find some help around here.  I was surprised that nobody's selling any ATX->Amiga adapters online anymore.

Thanks again.

[Acill]

Gotcha.  Thanks.



Works for me, but I don't have any diagrams at this point and I'm crappy at soldering.  I'll look up some diagrams though, and try to find some help around here.  I was surprised that nobody's selling any ATX->Amiga adapters online anymore.

Thanks again.

A few places do, but not for the 500 and other "wedge" models. If you supply the ATX PSU and your original PSU I can do the conversion for you. If you send me just the original and want me to order it all and tell you the cost I can do that too. I dont charge a lot to solder it all together for you. It will be done right and clean as well.

[Acill]

It started!!!! Kirk_M's A500+ build is underway! Follow along in this shared album.

https://goo.gl/photos/d3xfSNepJpZMDGMk6

[som99]

Following

[LoadWB]

So damn cool.  Watching with deep interest.

[Pgovotsos]

It started!!!! Kirk_M's A500+ build is underway! Follow along in this shared album.

https://goo.gl/photos/d3xfSNepJpZMDGMk6

Where did those 8520 replacements come from? Are they custom just for this build or is someone (you?) selling them?

[LoadWB]

Where did those 8520 replacements come from? Are they custom just for this build or is someone (you?) selling them?

Forget that; I want to know what those Legos in the upper-right are for

[Acill]

Where did those 8520 replacements come from? Are they custom just for this build or is someone (you?) selling them?

Came with the kit, they had the CIAs, Paula and Denise all as adapters from the A600 or you could get C grade chips. I went for the CIAs in the adaptors and got better than C grade for the others in standard form factor.

The Legos are for me! They are clones from gearbest of the starwars figures

[Acill]

Very proud of how well this A500+ I built from a bare board to working machine for Kirk_M came out! Enjoy!!

See the complete build progress and test videos here: https://goo.gl/photos/d3xfSNepJpZMDGMk6

[mindprober]

Nice!

[midway]

Awesome! How long did it take all together ?

[Acill]

Awesome! How long did it take all together ?

I dedicated the entire weekend to it, but I also did some work on minor things like the CIA adapters last week. All in all it was about 40 hours.

[Pgovotsos]

Wow. That is one sweet piece of work! Are you taking orders? Joking, joking Of course though, if you are  ...