leesmiths workshop | Cleaning & rebuilding the Atari Acid800XL. Extreme restoration X 1000 , but will it work ? @leesmithsworkshop | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
#restoration #repair #atari #8bit #retro
So it's time to work on the mainboard of the Acid800XL.
Opening the box
Part 1: youtu.be/wdklXYdLepA

Fixing the Keyboard
Part 2: youtu.be/z6epNp1xKkI

00:00 intro
01:24 Quick recap from Part 1 with the initial cleaning
02:48 Using Bicarb of soda to clean the PCB
03:40 Results from Ultrasonic cleaning
06:00 starting to remove the corroded parts
10:00 removing the ram
13:10 last components are removed
13:45 Testing Ram
16:37 Testing the Atari Chips
23:48 Rebuilding the PCB
30:47 one last clean
32:32 Testing the Crystals and first power on
37:18 Powering on the system for reals
40:57 Talking about what is next
44:49 A nice surprise
50:00 FIN

Sorry the audio is a bit rough in places, I had to remove a lot of background fan noise.



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A big thanks to everyone who helped with this episode

@ReEnthused
John Blanchard for the spare Atari 800XL and 64XE It would have been so much harder without this amazing donation.

@MoreFunMakingIt
All the support I could ever ask for.

@ezContents reproduction 800XL PCB
pcbway.com/project/shareproject/Atari_800XL_PCB_remake_v1_1.html

Everyone who sent over clips, I was laughing so much, I hope I can return the favour some time.

@MrLurchsThings

@TheRetroChannel

@jamhamster

@RMCRetro

And a special Mention to @RetroRecipes for the audio clip, chip dippers.