Tims Retro Corner | Amiga 600 Restoration Part 1: Re-Capping @TimsRetroCorner | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
I'm taking a first look at my "untested" Amiga 600. Kindly sponsored by my favourite PCB maker, PCBWay. pcbway.com
On initial inspection the case looks to be in reasonable condition. Yellow for sure and there's a crack by the floppy button. But at least it's clean. Oh, and one of the two warranty seals is still intact (but not for long!)
Of course that means that inside lurk those nasty, leaky, surface mount capacitors. Better get the soldering iron heated up...
This is my first time with SMD caps, so the technique I'm using comes from literally minutes of watching YouTube! Big shout out to Ravenwolf Retro Tech youtube.com/@RavenWolfRetroTech for this one. Do check out his channel. And in particular this one: youtube.com/watch?v=zhUpcBpJUzg
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00:00 - Introduction
01:26 - Sponsor Message
01:52 - Surface Mount Capacitors
06:31 - Plug it in, see what it does…
06:50 - Recapping - Introduction
07:55 - Unsoldering the first cap
09:05 - Removing the Keyboard Connector
10:22 - Remove the Audio Connector
10:50 - Removing the Surface Mount Caps
16:23 - Fitting New Capacitors
20:45 - Fitting the Through Hole Capacitors
22:20 - Preliminary Test
24:57 - Testing the System
26:38 - Diagrom
I'm taking a first look at my "untested" Amiga 600. Kindly sponsored by my favourite PCB maker, PCBWay. pcbway.com
On initial inspection the case looks to be in reasonable condition. Yellow for sure and there's a crack by the floppy button. But at least it's clean. Oh, and one of the two warranty seals is still intact (but not for long!)
Of course that means that inside lurk those nasty, leaky, surface mount capacitors. Better get the soldering iron heated up...
This is my first time with SMD caps, so the technique I'm using comes from literally minutes of watching YouTube! Big shout out to Ravenwolf Retro Tech youtube.com/@RavenWolfRetroTech for this one. Do check out his channel. And in particular this one: youtube.com/watch?v=zhUpcBpJUzg
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🔴 Buy me a coffee or make a one-time donation: paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=DC2YUGZDYKHRN
🔴 Blog: timsretrocorner.com
Music: Arpanauts by Eric Skiff - ericskiff.com/music
00:00 - Introduction
01:26 - Sponsor Message
01:52 - Surface Mount Capacitors
06:31 - Plug it in, see what it does…
06:50 - Recapping - Introduction
07:55 - Unsoldering the first cap
09:05 - Removing the Keyboard Connector
10:22 - Remove the Audio Connector
10:50 - Removing the Surface Mount Caps
16:23 - Fitting New Capacitors
20:45 - Fitting the Through Hole Capacitors
22:20 - Preliminary Test
24:57 - Testing the System
26:38 - Diagrom
