Tims Retro Corner | I Tried to Repair an A500 Plus: Here's What Happened.... @TimsRetroCorner | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
In the last video I took a brief look at the Amiga 500 Plus we got from my mate Matt's old office. We discovered it had some battery leakage and wouldn't start up. So now it's time to fix it up and get it working. Or at least try...
Finding this Amiga: youtu.be/2a-ax8I1KLg
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Music: A Night of Dizzy Spells by Eric Skiff - ericskiff.com/music
00:00 - Introduction
05:14 - Macro Lens Inspection
08:35 - Chip Leg Polishing
13:50 - 74LS244 Chip test
14:38 - Plug the chips back in: first test
15:10 - Keyboard Test
15:51 - Let’s try a different Gary
16:59 - New Gary, old Amiga
18:00 - PCB Diagnostics
21:01 - Caps Lock Check
28:55 - Kickstart 1.3
30:13 - Kickstart 2.0 ROM in the A500
30:46 - Blink Codes - Lemon Amiga
32:09 - Agnus pull and clean
34:04 - Final Test
34:30 - Summing Up
In the last video I took a brief look at the Amiga 500 Plus we got from my mate Matt's old office. We discovered it had some battery leakage and wouldn't start up. So now it's time to fix it up and get it working. Or at least try...
Finding this Amiga: youtu.be/2a-ax8I1KLg
🔴 Subscribe for more retro stuff: youtube.com/channel/UCnwYGWg7CK05ctzP3tEQj_w?sub_confirmation=1
Blog: timsretrocorner.com
Music: A Night of Dizzy Spells by Eric Skiff - ericskiff.com/music
00:00 - Introduction
05:14 - Macro Lens Inspection
08:35 - Chip Leg Polishing
13:50 - 74LS244 Chip test
14:38 - Plug the chips back in: first test
15:10 - Keyboard Test
15:51 - Let’s try a different Gary
16:59 - New Gary, old Amiga
18:00 - PCB Diagnostics
21:01 - Caps Lock Check
28:55 - Kickstart 1.3
30:13 - Kickstart 2.0 ROM in the A500
30:46 - Blink Codes - Lemon Amiga
32:09 - Agnus pull and clean
34:04 - Final Test
34:30 - Summing Up
