Question about ReAmiga 4000

[Nek3d]

I am thinking of sending my a4000 D motherboard to a pro technician to transfer all chips to a ReAmiga 4000 board. I am doing this because I am tired of trying to find what is wrong with the board. This is going to cost me a good amount of money. Do you think it's a good solution or should I send the original board to someone who can fix it for a fee?

 

[fitzsteve]

There's no price discussing allowed on Amibay at all, there's quite a few groups and other places you could potentially have this kind of discussion but Amibay isn't the place.

From a restoration point of view, if the board is battery damaged then it might be for the best to transfer all the bits to a new board.

You could also check sold listings new vs original boards to gauge a value.

 

[Nek3d]

OK, I'll rephrase the question so it won't be about pricing.

 

[fitzsteve]

For me it would depend on what's wrong with it, if there's no damage to the board, I.e battery/capacitor leakage, etc then I'd opt to get it repaired first. But if the board has suffered corrosion damage, depending on how bad a transplant of the custom chips to a new ReAmiga would be advantageous.

 

[Nek3d]

The board has no corrosion damage or other leakage, I am suspecting that I need to replace or resolder the ROM sockets, or the CPU socket. Anyway, I think It's something that an experienced technician could fix, that's why I am not sure about the ReAmiga approach. I would do it if there are other advantages..

 

[fitzsteve]

Just my opinion but if it can be saved and kept original that's a good thing. Good original A4000s are getting harder to come by

 

[Nek3d]

Just my opinion but if it can be saved and kept original that's a good thing. Good original A4000s are getting harder to come by

I agree with you but I wanted to ask to feel reassured! Thanks!

 

[qz3fwd]

Depends on what you want and the price you are willing to pay. All of my boards are brand new and the only thing original are the custom chips. Many old systems keep having problems even after repairs as they are 30 years old already and I am pretty sure Commodore never though they would be used more than maybe 5-10 years and then binned. We all know that Commodore were cheapskates.

There are several builders/repairers depending on location.
My 4000D board was built by ACILL himself, my ReA3000D and 4000T boards were built by Kavanoz.
My 1200 board was built by Kulamario123. Finally my 4000TX & AA3000+ were built by Hese.

Good luck.

 

[Boing-ball]

My Honest Opinion. Try the repair option first. Although I have a board that was recapped a while ago which had battery damage and now has started to fail on CIA plus RGB all of a sudden.

@hese has a Thread you can declare interest in for repairs:

Offered - Amiga hardware repair, restoration and upgrade service

Declaring interest.

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Have just sent off my CSPPC for a self inflicted Oscillator repair (The destroyer strikes back!) as Hese is a miracle worker.

As for re-Amiga. You can now get something called the Saft6luck Rev 2.2 (Soon a 2.4) upgraded ACILL board. I have one of these. It boasts a few enhancements such as now accommodating 112MB Mainboard FastRAM from a 128MB or 2x64MB Simms etc.

Info here:

Where to find more Information on the Amiga 4000 Board acill Upgraded by Saft6luck rev2.2

I bought one of these on here and interested in finding more information about this board and any upgrades. Had a search on the old Google search engine but couldn’t find anything 🤷🏻‍♂️ This board has a lot on upgrades over the original ACIL board. For example a Clockport header. Does this give...

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[HomeLate]

What problems do you have with the board?

 

[Nek3d]

What problems do you have with the board?

Problem with updating my amiga 4000 to 3.2.2 ROMs

I have an amiga 4000 D /040 and yesterday I tried to upgrade the ROMs to 3.2.2 . I used chip 29F1615, 27c800, and 27c400 all attempts failed to boot. The power led was flashing. I put back the original 3.0 ROMs and still didn't boot (but the led was not flashing). Then I used diagROM and not...

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[HomeLate]

Problem with updating my amiga 4000 to 3.2.2 ROMs

I have an amiga 4000 D /040 and yesterday I tried to upgrade the ROMs to 3.2.2 . I used chip 29F1615, 27c800, and 27c400 all attempts failed to boot. The power led was flashing. I put back the original 3.0 ROMs and still didn't boot (but the led was not flashing). Then I used diagROM and not...

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Ok, probably bad rom sockets, which is an easy repair for a skilled technician. It's better to have the board repaired than to 'reamiga' it.

Mine stopped recognizing Zorro cards yesterday. No corrosion, nothing. It just failed when I powered it on. These are old computers prone to fail at some point. I'm considering modern alternatives and leave the old stuff alone. I have 8 Amiga's and a lot of other vintage computers. I'm afraid to switch these on since yesterday

 

[RandomInexperiencedGuy]

It's like with classic cars. If you like the original ones, keep those with all of the flaws which might have accumulated over time. If you like new and robust stuff bringing back the good old days with modern components - take a replica. For my Amiga stuff I keep the original ones original with the good old components and the replicas are stuffed with all the new stuff available now rewriting history.

 

[cugar124]

Hi guys, having been in the same situation as some of you, I had to have my board replaced using an Acil replacement, the board has been in my machine from New but had battery damage which did not at the time of the original recap and Ram socket replacement seem to bad, the machine ran without problems until late last year when it became very unstable. The replacement board is now fitted with the original chipset and my old ram. Now it is not an original machine but just like many Amiga's back in the day I have done a replacement motherboard. Ok to make it clearer by that I mean if you buy a classic A1200 or a Classic PC it would not be surprising to find that the motherboard had been changed in the past one of my first field repairs for PCWorld turned out to be an Amiga 1200, this machine had to have a motherboard replaced onsite, So is that still and Original machine?


Just a small edition if you are going to get the board repaired there is a guy on discord called Vince he is on the Z3660 forum and others he has the tools to check the board but he is honest enough to say if it can be saved or not, Just an Idea.