CRG | Amiga 500 Plus with battery damage and an unexpected expansion @CRG | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
I always do what I can to try and help the local community with their Amiga woes and when one local user reached out looking help with his battery damaged Amiga 500 Plus, well I said I'd do what I can.
Not just as bad as some but the battery has spread its contents over a fair bit of the board and there is some damage to repair but that's not the only surprise this machine is hiding. Something called an Vortex AT-ONCE is hiding in the CPU slot and Gary looks like he's made a tower to escape the battery poison.
Featuring the voice talents of @MoreFunMakingIt and @RoseTintedSpectrum. Make sure to check out both their fantastic channels.
CRG Twitter - twitter.com/YT_CRG
CRG Patreon - patreon.com/user?u=13919007
CRG Discord - discord.gg/3hEzUxTxWV
Music - Cathode Ray Gun by @Momentvm
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:36 Lifting the lid
03:53 Testing the chipset and accessories
06:52 Assessing the battery damage
10:26 Inspection after the cleaning
12:10 Removals
13:58 Dealing with the corrosion, breaks and exposed copper
17:23 Trace repair
18:34 Recap A500+
22:21 Recap PSU
23:35 Testing U10, U11, U12, U13
26:28 First test
28:34 Vortex ATonce investigation
32:49 Vortex ATonce testing
37:07 Will it run a game?
39:59 Did it need recapped?
44:01 Conclusion
46:02 Credits
46:51 The silly bit
I always do what I can to try and help the local community with their Amiga woes and when one local user reached out looking help with his battery damaged Amiga 500 Plus, well I said I'd do what I can.
Not just as bad as some but the battery has spread its contents over a fair bit of the board and there is some damage to repair but that's not the only surprise this machine is hiding. Something called an Vortex AT-ONCE is hiding in the CPU slot and Gary looks like he's made a tower to escape the battery poison.
Featuring the voice talents of @MoreFunMakingIt and @RoseTintedSpectrum. Make sure to check out both their fantastic channels.
CRG Twitter - twitter.com/YT_CRG
CRG Patreon - patreon.com/user?u=13919007
CRG Discord - discord.gg/3hEzUxTxWV
Music - Cathode Ray Gun by @Momentvm
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:36 Lifting the lid
03:53 Testing the chipset and accessories
06:52 Assessing the battery damage
10:26 Inspection after the cleaning
12:10 Removals
13:58 Dealing with the corrosion, breaks and exposed copper
17:23 Trace repair
18:34 Recap A500+
22:21 Recap PSU
23:35 Testing U10, U11, U12, U13
26:28 First test
28:34 Vortex ATonce investigation
32:49 Vortex ATonce testing
37:07 Will it run a game?
39:59 Did it need recapped?
44:01 Conclusion
46:02 Credits
46:51 The silly bit
