So, I've finally managed to obtain a CD32 - it was well kept - nice, indamaged case, never opened, no rust on the RF shields, beautiful.
It turns on, spins the CD, loads games, has sound... BUT - the video is barely distinguishable - it's almost completely black, as you can witness from the photo:
Both the composite and S-video output the same.
Gave the console to the (probably only) local expert for Amigas for recapping. He reccaped, there were leaking caps (he said the leak was substatntial), he cleaned the board properly - but the problem remained.
He replaced Z221 from the donor, but still same.
I can see he is really trying to solve this (as he is a true amiga fan and wants to save any amiga that gets in his shop), but he is running out of ideas.
So, if anyone encountered a similar problem, or have a good idea what could be the culpruit, it would be greatly appreciated.
It turns on, spins the CD, loads games, has sound... BUT - the video is barely distinguishable - it's almost completely black, as you can witness from the photo:
Both the composite and S-video output the same.
Gave the console to the (probably only) local expert for Amigas for recapping. He reccaped, there were leaking caps (he said the leak was substatntial), he cleaned the board properly - but the problem remained.
He replaced Z221 from the donor, but still same.
I can see he is really trying to solve this (as he is a true amiga fan and wants to save any amiga that gets in his shop), but he is running out of ideas.
So, if anyone encountered a similar problem, or have a good idea what could be the culpruit, it would be greatly appreciated.
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