Got an Amiga 600 on my bench. It had some problems: Needed recap and leakage damage control (ultrasonic cleaning) Audio not working, it made some sounds but not the sound we should expect IDE not working I performed a recap and ultrasonic cleaning. The board before cleaning: The board after the cleaning Audio is fixed […]
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The Ultimate MSSIAH BOX
While I was looking for a nice case to house the MSSIAH controller, I came across a broken THE C64 mini I got a while ago. Wouldn’t it be awesome to use this for the housing? YEAH! Ingredient list (Defective) THE C64 mini 4x Linear Potentiometer 220KΩ 4x Trim potentiometer 250KΩ 4x Resistor 8k2 Ω […]

Ultimate64 with broken video DAC
Problem: S-video signal of the U64 not working anymore. Lets start finding the problem Probed the Chroma and Luma signal on the video port with my scope. Left: Chroma, looks good. Right: Luma, not looking good. Lets probe it directly on the DAC That is looking better, but nog good enought.. I did a […]

SX-32 Not working
CD32 only gives grey screen when SX-32 is installed. I tested several Simm modules, screen keeps grey. Tested several jumper settings ( see jumper settings ) I did a wild guess, and replaced both CIA chips.. First attempt to boot with SX-32 was successful. And everything is working again.

Konami – JAMA Board – Replacing Audio Hybrid Module
Konami Audio Hybride Module broken due capacitor leakage.. First I removed the old Module. Then harvested the 054321 chip from the bottom of the old board. Cleaned the harvested chip, and soldered it onto the new board. And placed the new Audio Hybrid Module onto the JAMA board. More information about the Konami […]