Jan Beta | Aldi C64 Blank Screen Repair Part 1 @JanBeta | Uploaded April 2019 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Trying to repair a severely damaged ALDI Commodore 64. Some success and a lot of head scratching along the way. To be continued.

Update: I finally managed to fix the remaining issues after around 2 years! Here's part 2 of this repair: youtu.be/9S0ofbbf56Q

Here's some handy resources I refer to when troubleshooting and repairing C64s:

The Pictorial C64 Fault Guide is here: derbian.webs.com/c64diag

Ray Carlsen's troubleshooting and repair guides are here: personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm.html

You can get the .bin files for various C64 diagnostics cartridges from World of Jani (in case you want to make your own or try in an emulator): blog.worldofjani.com/?p=164

Here's the GitHub with Sven's diagnostics harness: github.com/svenpetersen1965/C64-Diagnostic-Rev.-586220-Harness

The track used for the soldering/timelapse portions of the video is called "Thinkertinker" and was kindly provided by Focus 10 aka Øystein Hansen. Thank you! Check out more of his work here: soundcloud.com/user-993847645

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