A1200 no picture...

[AmiNeo]

not swapping sockets, lol just rom chips...

And yea if you look on teh first page i posted pics of the roms i have in the board.

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the pics show how they were when i received it.

 

[Merlin]

@ AmiNeo

If Scrappy's ROMs prove to work and yours are knackered, I have a spare set of 3.0 ROMs you can have for the cost of postage, or alternatively, I can send my set to Scrappy, it's just as broad as long.

 

[scrappysphinx]

@merlin my roms are not needed, i've just upgraded to 3.1 so AmiNeo can keep both the roms and scart i'm sending him.

Mike

 

[AmiNeo]

well if they do work id be happy to pay scrappy a small sum for them.

If they dont it might be worth me looking into finding a new motherboard sometime... I just dont have the right tools for changing caps myself, especially the ones that are really packed together.


...Atleast until i get myself another precision iron.

 

[AmiNeo]

heres a link to a quick vid with the fault.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ttC9-I7NOc

 

[rkauer]

Typical fault caused by bad capacitors. Replace the set your self or send it to someone skilled to do it for you.

A set of capacitors is very cheap and will cure the board.

For example, our Zetr0 here is a champion and is one of the best hardware guys in UK. Nut I think he is pretty busy with other Amiga hardware right now.

So your options is wide -1. Ask for help and you shall receive.

 

[matt020]

For the A1200's I have owned, and the one I have now, on power-up the power LED light increases intensity in 2 stages to full brightness just as the unit is ready to boot from HDD or floppy.

The A1200 in the you tube video doesnt do this.

 

[AmiNeo]

Typical fault caused by bad capacitors. Replace the set your self or send it to someone skilled to do it for you.

A set of capacitors is very cheap and will cure the board.

For example, our Zetr0 here is a champion and is one of the best hardware guys in UK. Nut I think he is pretty busy with other Amiga hardware right now.

So your options is wide -1. Ask for help and you shall receive.

Hmm, its definately the capacitors then?

Who else can do 1200s? I've overspent already but id really love to get this working... :help:

 

[Amiga-Digital]

Typical fault caused by bad capacitors. Replace the set your self or send it to someone skilled to do it for you.

A set of capacitors is very cheap and will cure the board.

For example, our Zetr0 here is a champion and is one of the best hardware guys in UK. Nut I think he is pretty busy with other Amiga hardware right now.

So your options is wide -1. Ask for help and you shall receive.

Hmm, its definately the capacitors then?

Who else can do 1200s? I've overspent already but id really love to get this working... :help:

so your a1200 still not work ???

i can give it a try to fix your a1200 ( www.amiga-digital.nl ) if you like it

 

[AmiNeo]

How much you ask for the job? I'd really prefer someone in the UK to be honest, shipping on an A1200 would be huge outside the country.

 

[AmiNeo]

any other offers?

 

[Zetr0]

@AmiNeo

you can put up a wanted add in the Amiga -> Wanted section to get more hits if you would like.

Although one cannot garuantee that its a capcitor problem (as it could be a number of other things) its the most likely of cuplrits as 15+ years even of a moderately used A1200 is more than they were originally designed for.

for the moment thought, sit back - relex and enjoy your A600, theres plenty of fun to be had with that I can promise you.

Save some pennies and have a chat with the guys that rkauer mentions =)

 

[Justin]

juvuk mutters to himself "pah A600"

 

[AmiNeo]

LOL, yea i know. the 600 is great, was my only amiga when i was younger but theres a 1200 in the room and i can't use it... lol.

I will hang on and try those other ROMs first if scrappy doesnt mind still sending them. Afterall there is a chance its not the caps, however small.

Out of curiosity how much wattage does a 1200 need from the PSU for a stock unit? Ive been thinking that although unlikely, perhaps the PSU isnt up to the job...

And broadening my options... and i know were not suppossed to mention costs due to price driving but approximately how much would it cost me to replace the motherboard altogether? Say if i was to find a spare working one on the for sale boards one day.
Just a ballpark will do... I'm at a disadvantage being fairly new and not used to seeing a lot of things on the boards for sale yet so i have no history to base it on...

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And lol JuvUK

 

[Justin]

best advise m8y, do a search on ebay for A1200, that should get you a rough idea of prices

 

[AmiNeo]

All i can find on there are full systems though.

No motherboard onlys or anything like that. Nevermind if you cant say ill just keep an eye out.

 

[scrappysphinx]

@AmiNeo, your parcel was sent this morning matey.
If you do find you need a new motherboard and you cant find one on the forum give the ebay seller airey36 a message via ebay.
He splits machines up all the time and i'm sure he'd be able to sort you one out.

Mike

 

[AmiNeo]

@AmiNeo

you can put up a wanted add in the Amiga -> Wanted section to get more hits if you would like.

Although one cannot garuantee that its a capcitor problem (as it could be a number of other things) its the most likely of cuplrits as 15+ years even of a moderately used A1200 is more than they were originally designed for.

for the moment thought, sit back - relex and enjoy your A600, theres plenty of fun to be had with that I can promise you.

Save some pennies and have a chat with the guys that rkauer mentions =)

I will test the new roms before posting a wanted ad for the service.

Thanks Zetr0

 

[AmiNeo]

@AmiNeo, your parcel was sent this morning matey.
If you do find you need a new motherboard and you cant find one on the forum give the ebay seller airey36 a message via ebay.
He splits machines up all the time and i'm sure he'd be able to sort you one out.

Mike

Heh, I've actually had a couple of motherboards for the A600 off him recently. He's about the only guy on Ebay that sells amiga hardware other than full units. Was thinking of giving him a shout.

It's while I was dealing with him that I stumbled across AMIBAY
... And Amigakit...

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...And cheers Scrappy!

 

[AmiNeo]

I was thinking a new intact board may be cheaper than posting the thing, paying for caps replacement and then shipping back to me. Especially if it turns out to be something different altogether... What u guys think? What would you do? I need to spend a little as poss, and unless im shelling out for a new iron, replacing caps myself wont be an option.