Broken and filthy Amiga 600 Needs Help

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More Fun Making It

More Fun Making It

Күн бұрын

I was kindly given this Amiga 600 by Neildo to repair and restore. The motherboard is in reasonable condition, apart from a couple of holes burned into it where some caps melted.
Join me as I repair, restore and finally upgrade the worst Amiga Commodore ever released (also the best).
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00:00 Ugly Micro
01:08 Charity Amiga 600
02:40 A500 Comparison
03:45 A 600 For My Own
04:00 The Chisel Method
04:44 Burned Ceramic Caps
05:35 Hunting for the Bad Caps
05:57 Voltage Injection
06:25 Removing The Caps
07:45 I Made a Mistake
09:12 Dead Caps
10:22 Replacing the Electrolytics
11:29 Does it Work?
12:06 Dyna Blaster
12:25 Cleaning and Restoring
12:48 Building a RAM Expansion
16:38 ‪@CRG‬
18:21 Fast RAM
19:12 ‪@TechMadeEasyUK‬
19:34 What I Think of the A600
#amiga600 #amiga #computerrepair

Пікірлер: 79
@albert_vds
@albert_vds 28 күн бұрын
I'm simultaneously relieved and disappointed that the hammer and chisel method wasn't used, and by disappointed I mean extremely relieved.
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
Got to build up to it. One for a future episode!
@SofaKingWhatA
@SofaKingWhatA 28 күн бұрын
ChuckyGang showed how to dislodge pesky Amiga 4000 caps with a hammer and pliers, albeit with some minor pad loss.
@Larry
@Larry 28 күн бұрын
I had an A600 back in the day, all my A500 owning friends were fascinated by it, especially how light the AC box was compared to theirs. But the only thing I didn't like about it was that I couldn't play Robocop 3 on it >.>
@WhatHoSnorkers
@WhatHoSnorkers 29 күн бұрын
Or you can use the peroxide and do your hair like Billy Idol! Great work, Lee! (MoreFunBlondeingIt)
@TheGunnarRoxen
@TheGunnarRoxen 28 күн бұрын
I dunno... it might be a Shock To The System. Lee might be forced to give a Rebel Yell 😉
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
@TheGunnarRoxen got to be careful with harsh chemicals, I could end up with eyes without a face!
@TheGunnarRoxen
@TheGunnarRoxen 27 күн бұрын
@@MoreFunMakingIt 🤣
@j0hnf_uk
@j0hnf_uk 2 күн бұрын
My first Amiga was an A600, but it was a, 'gift', (so to speak), as it's what I bought with the money I got given for redecorating the front of my parents house, way back in 1992! I previously owned a C64, so went to Currys, (of all places), to see what computers they had to upgrade to. I only had enough for the A600 that was on offer and as I knew next to nothing about it, decided to buy it, there and then. It wasn't a bad machine to play games on, at the time, but after about a year I part exchanged it for an A1200 and got to realise the difference. Over the next few years, I upgraded it quite a bit with 8Mb of RAM, a 440Mb hard-disk, (that connected to the PCMCIA port), and a CD-ROM drive that used the ATAPI interface! The pièce de résistance was installing a 68060 co-processor that really beefed things up. For the mid 90's, it was a decent bit of kit!
@Sozzled39
@Sozzled39 28 күн бұрын
Ah the A600, a misunderstood machine, but a great little portable gamer now. Great video Lee, I've never seen the A600 need all those underside caps replacing before.
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
It was very strange! Wasnt just the ones on the bottom, there were a load on the top too! Does make me worry that others on different parts of the circuit are going to go faulty too.
@mikeh_nz
@mikeh_nz 27 күн бұрын
Good job Lee I appreciate that life is competing with these videos, but your still turning out good content :)
@MikkyTee
@MikkyTee 27 күн бұрын
A600's are a great wee machine, at least it doesn't take up a whole desk like the huge a500.. Also a nice option for clearing out the inside and putting a mister in ;)
@JohnDoe-qg6hm
@JohnDoe-qg6hm 28 күн бұрын
I LOVED the A600 ! Still DO ! Not 70s or early 80's Retro but my First computer with a Floppy Disk Drive ! :) The Excitement, The FUN ! How can anyone HATE this beautiful little computer. They must be INSANE !
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
I love it now! Does that count?
@spencerdavies4666
@spencerdavies4666 25 күн бұрын
Never owned an Amiga (ST Rulez... ;) ) but always liked the look of the A600. More a spiritual successor to the C64.
@hyzenthlay7151
@hyzenthlay7151 28 күн бұрын
I loved my A600, and I really miss it!!
@bobingabout
@bobingabout 27 күн бұрын
13:30 I remember I had a whole box of graphics cards like that. when I wanted some chips off one of them, I literally just took some sort of pliers, and wiggled the chips off. It ripped a whole bunch of tracks off the board too, but the chips were in otherwise perfect condition to use in their new home. I mean, I had an entire box of about 50 of them, they were going into E-Waste.
@Rockythefishman
@Rockythefishman 29 күн бұрын
The 600 was my first Amiga, everyone else had gotten 500/500+s the years before so for Christmas I got a A600. I loved it very much and took up a lot less desk space then my mates beast of a 500+ I upgraded the RAM, and added a second floppy. By the time 94 came around their was no point in upgrading it any more Commodore was done and it was clear the PC was going to take over. Nice repair mate, hope you enjoy many hours with it
@ClassicRetroByte
@ClassicRetroByte 22 күн бұрын
Another cracking good video 👍 and great tip with the memory chips on the Graphics card that I also have laying around.👍
@geezerdiamond
@geezerdiamond 28 күн бұрын
The first Amiga I ever saw was a 600 at a friend's house, and I pestered my parents for one the next Christmas. I've got lots of nostalgia for it, and I always like its cut-down A1200 looks.
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
It really is a nice looking duck :D
@n13ldo
@n13ldo 28 күн бұрын
Nice to see it working and clean. I wasn't responsible for it's manky state 😁
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
All that filth protected it 😆
@DaveVelociraptor
@DaveVelociraptor 27 күн бұрын
I really enjoyed seeing your name on the smd component
@JamiesHackShack
@JamiesHackShack 28 күн бұрын
Great vid! Always thought these 600s looked pretty cool. Bonus points for personalized components! 😂
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
Its a neat and tidy little machine!
@TheRetroChannel
@TheRetroChannel 28 күн бұрын
Big fan of the hammer and chisel method but you should never do that on an Amiga, because reasons.
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
Because REASONS!
@Grid56
@Grid56 27 күн бұрын
One of the main problems with the commodore machines was that upgrades often were incompatible with software (mainly games). Having progressed from ZX81 and BBC-B micro and master I got a 500+. Later I added a scsii hard drive on my 500+ but had to disable it to run many of my favourite games. I remember similar complaints from "lucky" people who had the money to upgrade to 1200s then found difficulties. Happily I had many years of Pinball Dreams / fantasies and Lemmings before I moved to P.C. (mainly due to demise of commodore leading to lack of new support and software). Good Times nevertheless
@marjon1703
@marjon1703 25 күн бұрын
My computer history is the same although after the 500 I progressed to the 2000 for the expendability.
@originalbrucesmith
@originalbrucesmith 28 күн бұрын
Love the A600, had to buy it again after it was soled. Sad times, True story..
@originalbrucesmith
@originalbrucesmith 28 күн бұрын
i had that ram cost me £25, when i was 14.
@FixTechStuff
@FixTechStuff 28 күн бұрын
I enjoyed that, a bit of Amiga nostalgia.
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@TheFuzzy70
@TheFuzzy70 24 күн бұрын
At least the graphics card I gave you has been put to good use in a proper computer 😂
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 24 күн бұрын
🤣
@Momentvm
@Momentvm 27 күн бұрын
an excellent video, Lee! Another (checkmark) icon saved from the bin. I wonder what's the problem with losing the red signal?
@LeftoverBeefcake
@LeftoverBeefcake 28 күн бұрын
The A600 was the Amiga Mini before the Amiga Mini.
@Retroguyuk75
@Retroguyuk75 28 күн бұрын
I love my A600, it has the 3.2 rom and card hard drive too. I have an A500 as well, not by choice I put a bid on Fleabay for £30 thinking it would never go for that and it did 🤣
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
Bargain! But also you now have to store a 500 :D
@gingerhippygaming7962
@gingerhippygaming7962 28 күн бұрын
My first amiga I loved it
@colincurrie9151
@colincurrie9151 28 күн бұрын
I can't wait to see what all the auction items end up going for. Hopefully make loads for charity.
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
Going to be a hell of a day! Even if we dont make 15k it will be a huge amount just with everything I have here to sell.
@synchro62
@synchro62 27 күн бұрын
I never thought it was ugly but just considered it a poor mans A1200 :)
@Tempest_Elixir
@Tempest_Elixir 14 күн бұрын
Great video as always! Love the retro photo at the start 😂 Plus your reaction to your "mistakes" did make me chuckle! Are you still able to help with my ZX Spectrum please Lee? We were chatting through email before i got my Byte Delight delivery. I've sent a couple of emails since receiving what i needed but haven't heard back yet. (Not rushing you) as i know how busy you are with the channels and builds and charity work etc. All the best and great vid 👍🏻
@commodoreisnottheonlyfruit
@commodoreisnottheonlyfruit 28 күн бұрын
fantastic video Lee.
@hollybrereton3140
@hollybrereton3140 28 күн бұрын
I was so looking forward to the hammer action ;(
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
I'm still refining the method...
@keyboard_g
@keyboard_g 27 күн бұрын
Added fast ram only blocks the PCMCIA port functionality if you go over 8MB. You'll need some to run whdload games. Some cards even come with jumpers to downscale the fast mem so you can pick and choose how it works.
@NathanOZlegend
@NathanOZlegend 28 күн бұрын
turned out to be the best amiga for transfer of adf at the time
@leonkiriliuk
@leonkiriliuk 28 күн бұрын
"causing high resistance" -> "causing low resistance". :)
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
I always get that the wrong way round 🤣
@panagiotisandrikopoulos6853
@panagiotisandrikopoulos6853 26 күн бұрын
i still have it, an A600 and works perfect ! after 20+ years ? (somewhere there :D )
@vertigoz
@vertigoz 25 күн бұрын
Had it AGA it would have become a beautiful swan
@Retroguyuk75
@Retroguyuk75 28 күн бұрын
You can use the PCMCIA card with the memory expansion you just need to set it to a bit lower on the jumpers can't remember now either 4 or 6 mb...
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
That works on my 1200, but this expansion is 4mb only. No jumpers to set. And since I made the video the ram has gone faulty! Will need to think again with that one
@retrowedugmiksola1810
@retrowedugmiksola1810 28 күн бұрын
You can switch off half of fast memory (software script or hardware jumper), and PCMCIA will work properly :)
@robertjones3223
@robertjones3223 28 күн бұрын
What about the fire and gunpowder method to remove caps?
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
I need to experiment!
@MrClump
@MrClump 28 күн бұрын
Is the clock working on that expansion? I've built a few of them, and while the RTC is detected it never runs.
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
Ive not had a chance to check that yet! Sorry.
@keyboard_g
@keyboard_g 27 күн бұрын
I'm torn, I love the A600 and that another Amiga was brought back. Disappointed that a retro GPU had to die to get those memory chips when chip memory upgrades with new hardware are readily available. Glad that the hot air delamination didn't totally destroy the board but, could that be the source of the flickering video?
@originalbrucesmith
@originalbrucesmith 27 күн бұрын
Just to point out some times there a key combo to disable some fast ram to enable the pcmcia, or as long as you do t go over 4/4.4 mg fast ram it may work still can I not remember the limit.
@myleft9397
@myleft9397 Күн бұрын
lol same look less hair...edit: double lol hammer and chisel!? let's see it
@bobingabout
@bobingabout 27 күн бұрын
I honestly wouldn't say the Amiga 600 is "Worst" than an A500. It's basically an A500+ in hardware, with the addition of PCMCIA and a built in IDE hard drive controller. It was only an issue if you actually wanted to use some of the existing hardware expansions (that didn't plug into the back ports, like a floppy drive), so for the people it was aimed at (Like my Dad who didn't have an Amiga at the time), it was a brilliant starter model. The 1200 is a lot better though.
@tenminutetokyo2643
@tenminutetokyo2643 26 күн бұрын
It was awesome.
@ChadDoebelin
@ChadDoebelin 22 күн бұрын
hammer and chisel?!
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 22 күн бұрын
You heard it here first! (and possible last) :D
@mikeh_nz
@mikeh_nz 28 күн бұрын
If it looks like a duck… and it sounds like a duck… …
@rossbennett5069
@rossbennett5069 28 күн бұрын
I guarantee you’ll break £15000. I’ll be bidding at least £1000 and will definitely be outbid.
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 28 күн бұрын
Wow! I hope you get something in the auctions Ross! There are soooo many things. I will soon be making a video going through all the items.
@rossbennett5069
@rossbennett5069 28 күн бұрын
There are at least two that I really want and they have been on my wish list for years. The bath full of ice is ready for the backstreet kidney donation
@mattloren9708
@mattloren9708 28 күн бұрын
Those caps look horrible to replace
@peteredwards2318
@peteredwards2318 22 күн бұрын
Um, excuse me? Hated? I LOVED my Amiga 600. Words like "everyone" only have a valid use when there are no dissenting opinions, therefore your title card is incorrect.
@BumdanglerFartbiscuit
@BumdanglerFartbiscuit 22 күн бұрын
maybe watch the video before losing your rag at a complete stranger, chum
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 22 күн бұрын
Um, excuse me? Hyperbole? But thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :D
@Krishnagodiya6267
@Krishnagodiya6267 10 күн бұрын
Will NES controller work in window 11 laptop with RS232 db-9 female serial adapter to usb cable ? Plz reply 🙏
@MoreFunMakingIt
@MoreFunMakingIt 9 күн бұрын
Déjà vu?
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