Jan Beta | Amiga 500 Power Supply Repair Attempt @JanBeta | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
I'm trying to repair the power supply that came with the early revision 3 Amiga 500 from the previous episode. // Kindly sponsored by my favorite PCB manufacturer PCBWay! pcbway.com

Amiga 500 Power Supply Schematics:
github.com/archstanton1862/A500-PSU

The Early Amiga 500 Video Series:
1) Amiga Archeology: youtu.be/EkFMPe5c-Gk
2) Fixing the Main Board: youtu.be/D4a-9DVjnng
3) Restoration & more Fixes: youtu.be/kzlaKVmBj_k
4) Restoration Progress: youtu.be/H5TqrF1FQWk
5) Power Supply Repair Attempt: youtu.be/3MqysMpiQYU

TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
1:06 It works?!
2:03 Mission Objectives
2:33 Sponsor Message
3:03 Voltages under Load
6:56 A Look at the Components
10:08 Main Suspects
11:14 Replacing Resistors & PWM Chip
17:01 Is it Fixed?
18:01 Bad Transistor?
20:35 Bad Diode?
21:54 Other possible Faults
23:20 Ripple & Noise
25:08 Output Capacitor and Rectifier
29:17 Out of Ideas
30:30 Thank you & Good night

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