Problem: CD32 with SX32 expansion won’t boot, yellow screen A few thing I tested: Boot CD32 without module, booting Boot with backplane and sx32, no boot yellow screen Boot with backplane only, strange behavior, no boot, sometimes some glitches. Change jumpers, for memory, no change. (see: jumper settings) After the basic test, I was wondering […]
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A600 recap terror, and video issues
On my workbench an Amiga 600, that has been recapped by.. someone.. Ohhh my god.. Removed all the THT capacitors and inspected the pads / holes.. I cleaned everything. Only one THT hole was damaged, I fixed by putting a wire through the hole to fix the contact. Placed some nice new (good) caps. […]
You gonna twist and cry..
How NOT to remove capacitors On several youtube channels and forums people are showing how to remove SMT capacitors from a board, with the so called TWIST TECHNIQUE with pliers.. Example on youtube.. And another example.. It may work, but you can’t always see if a capacitor has leaked.. and if a pad is corroded […]
Amiga 4000 – A3640 boot problem
A while ago I had an Amiga 4000 that boots fine with an A3630, but A3640 (or A3660) won’t boot. I spent many hours to find the problem, couldn’t find it. So I left the board for a week or two, after that I inspected everything again, and everything seemed ok. There was one thing […]
Amiga 600 – i’m blue daba dee dabba da
The issue On the workbench, an Amiga 600 which has a blue/green screen.. Red is missing. And Audio isn’t working as it should. The cause As I inspected the board I saw very much corroded pins/solder. The red signal is missing, so we focus on the R_out of the CXA1145 encoder. The problem was found […]