GadgetUK - Retro Gaming Repairs & Mods | Acorn Archimedes A3000 Repair (From Hell) @GadgetUK164 | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
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The last in the current series of Archimedes A3000 repairs from Xavier (Zarchos).
You can see the repair by Plan C here (his was worse!!!!) - youtube.com/watch?v=Prtm9n5SnPQ

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:03 Livestream Footage (Removing Components)
11:51 Fixing (Adding Components)
19:58 Cleaning ICs
21:24 After First Test (Tinning Pads & Traces)
23:34 Removing Chips (Hotair)
29:51 Removing SMD Caps & Resistors
30:58 After Second Test (Bad ROM)
32:20 Fitting Connectors & DIY Keyboard Connector
33:51 Spaghetti Fix Wires (Lots...)
36:25 After Third Test (Almost Fixed)
41:21 LEDs
42:06 Floppy Disk Drive Interface Borked
49:33 Making Sense of the FDD Issue
53:10 Servicing FDD
55:39 OMG - How Many Wires?
1:02:37 Cleaning Rear Connectors
1:05:34 Nearly Complete
1:06:05 Battery Mod
1:08:11 The Other A3000's
1:11:52 Case Stuff
1:14:03 Test Four
1:14:35 Power Switch
1:15:13 Arghhh!
1:16:56 We're Done!

Partial parts list - dropbox.com/s/g60c32ewhqkrnfe/A3000%20parts%20list.txt?dl=0

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