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Amiga 4000 Repair Part 1: Recapping and RAM issues galore!

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Adrians Digital Basement

Recapping and repairing my Amiga 4000. It started with a flashing green screen, can I get this machine working?

Part 1: This part!
Part 2:    • Amiga 4000 Repair Part 2: RAM issues ...  

Video Links

Check your A3640 CPU card doesn't have incorrect silk screen polarity for 3 caps:
http://amiga.serveftp.net/A3640_capac...

Console5 Cap Kit:
https://console5.com/store/commodore...

DE4000 LCR Meter I use:
https://amzn.to/2V26LVp

ISAPCI BIOS Post Code Card:
https://amzn.to/2YgcEAa

Amiga 1010 External Disk Drive Gotek Mount:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:271...

Amiga PCB Explorer:
https://www.amigapcb.org/

Amiga 4000 Schematics:
https://www.amigawiki.org/dnl/schemat...


Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...

Jonard Tools EX2 Chip Extractor:
https://amzn.to/2VazxDS
https://www.jonard.com/Products/EX2...

Wiha Chip Lifter:
https://amzn.to/3a9ftWw
https://www.wihatools.com/precisionc...

ORing Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi...

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens FlipIn Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS10065WMI...

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USBLogicDS...

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4inch...

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14161820...

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/12510PCS...

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

C64 Stuff

JaffyDOS:
http://blog.worldofjani.com/?p=3544

C64 Test Harness I use:
   • Building a Commodore 64 Diagnostic Te...  

C64 Homebrew cartridge PCB: (used for the DeadTest / Diag Cart I use)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore64...

EasyFlash 3 MultiCart:
http://store.go4retro.com/easyflash3/

Instructional videos

My video on damagefree chip removal:
   • How to remove chips without damaging ...  

Music

Intro music by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

Outro Music:
Abyss by | e s c p | https://escpmusic.bandcamp.com
Music promoted by https://www.freestockmusic.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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