Sad day ...Amiga 600 deemed BER :(

phatboy · 7 Apr 2019 at 18:34

So my Amiga has been away at Amiga Passion trying to work out what is up with it after it developed a grey screen and non boot issue. I got news today it's officially dead and beyond economical repair

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Absolutely gutted....

Guess it's time to start hunting again! Wife has been her usual amazing self and said she will get me a new one for my birthday, which is brilliant and a real silver lining at least

Shame it all comes at a time where Amiga prices are on the up l, especially the 600 due to the release of the Vampyr accelerator for it at last.

phatboy · 10 Apr 2019 at 21:09

Sent it away to a guy at Amiga Passion. The caps were done, ram chips and it still wouldn't play ball so would from that point be pure hours of investigative scope which would put the cost of repairing up over the cost of picking up a 2nd hand replacement system or main board

I meant "new" as in she offered to get me a replacement 2nd hand one. used the incorrect term, sorry

phatboy · 12 Apr 2019 at 09:09

Duke said:
Does it not power up at all? Nothing on screen?

Yeah flashing or static grey screen only

phatboy · 12 Apr 2019 at 22:20

Retrobrited my case just before it went pop....typical. makes such a difference though

Yeah the prices of 600s been creeping over last few months. I am still keeping a beady eye on them

phatboy · 13 Apr 2019 at 21:32

It was a 40% peroxide stuff from Amazon. Cost me about £6 I think it was

Smothered it in it and then wrapped in cling film and left outside for whole days when we had the heat wave last year.....job jobbed

Will look in the cupboard and find the exactly brand etc

Dukes rebuild was beautiful!!!

As an update I have potentially sourced an A500 as replacement