Acill's Amiga Repair Thread

[kirk_m]

Where did you get a new board.  I've seen mention of a new A500+ board and now this one, is someone remaking boards for all the models?

John Hertell is selling them (the 3640 PCB only) on Amibay and Amiga Facebook groups.  His username on Amibay is Chucky.  

The A500+ board isn’t available for sale anymore.  Ordering ended back in November 2016, and all boards were delivered back in April.

[EugeneNine]

Are there other boards available?

[Acill]

Are there other boards available?

Yes, I have 11 or so left. Its $150 plus shipping to transplant your bad one over to a new board. That included new replacement resistors, caps and any GALS that have failed. Right now its taking me longer to get caught up on work I have in though so I wont be doing them very fast if your looking to get it done.

[Acill]

Here is what a new one looks like complete.

[EugeneNine]

I mean other boards such as the a500 or 2000 available anywhere?

I started duplicating the schematics in kicad thinking someday I could make a new board but if someone else already has.

[kolla]

I mean other boards such as the a500 or 2000 available anywhere?

I started duplicating the schematics in kicad thinking someday I could make a new board but if someone else already has.

http://beta.amigapcb.org

[EugeneNine]

http://beta.amigapcb.org

looks like just pictures though, I don't see where to download anything.

[Acill]

Here are the results of building an A3640 accelerator from scratch using a newly produced board. If you have a dead one chances are I can revive it like this one is. This will be a $150 + return shipping service. You send in your complete A3640 and receive one of these nice blue ones back, fully restored.

Enjoy!

[wmaciv]

Challenge for the Chief...  Flip the 20 pin DVI header on an Indivision AGA MK2cr to the opposite side of the board to allow clearance over the surface mount capacitor that impinges on installation in an A4000T.  I would prefer this fix over moving/changing out the SMD cap.  This would require re-fabricating the ribbon cable to match the "mirrored" header.  From what I have measured, even the header flip might not leave enough room between the metal can and the protruding DVI header thru hole pins.  Have your or someone you know of done this already?  Thanks.
 
 Wade

[Acill]

Challenge for the Chief...  Flip the 20 pin DVI header on an Indivision AGA MK2cr to the opposite side of the board to allow clearance over the surface mount capacitor that impinges on installation in an A4000T.  I would prefer this fix over moving/changing out the SMD cap.  This would require re-fabricating the ribbon cable to match the "mirrored" header.  From what I have measured, even the header flip might not leave enough room between the metal can and the protruding DVI header thru hole pins.  Have your or someone you know of done this already?  Thanks.
 
 Wade

Its not worth all that. If you pay for shipping I will add the new cap for you for nothing. It takes 30 seconds.

[Vlabguy1]

Its been awhile since I posted in this thread, travel sucks when you have to do it for work so often! I thought you all would enjoy this current hand building of an A3640 accelerator I am doing. Yes I have access to reverse engineered new boards and parts.

The plan is to do swaps for these once I get faster at it for $150 plus return shipping.  You send in your dead 3640 and get a working one back with new parts and a blue brand new board. Enjoy! And no I am not ready to start doing these on a regular basis just yet.

How much for the bareboard + resistors... I’d like to build one as well.  Seems easy enough.

[Acill]

How much for the bareboard + resistors... I’d like to build one as well.  Seems easy enough.

I don't sell the boards. You would need to get in touch with chucky. He has an account here now and a for sale thread are amibay.

[Vlabguy1]

I don't sell the boards. You would need to get in touch with chucky. He has an account here now and a for sale thread are amibay.

Coolness..

Thank you,
R.

[Chucky]

How much for the bareboard + resistors... I’d like to build one as well.  Seems easy enough.

I charge 35eur for a empty PCB..

or gerbers is downloadable from my web:

http://wordpress.hertell.nu/?page_id=514

[Vlabguy1]

I charge 35eur for a empty PCB..

or gerbers is downloadable from my web:

http://wordpress.hertell.nu/?page_id=514

Cool..

[madgrizzle]

Is there anyway to reasonably tell from a picture if a motherboard has been recapped?  Would the caps look different or maybe the solder points on the bottom would look different?