Repair/Restoration: Commodore Amiga CD32

Finding a bargain these days can be hard, however a decade or more go, people were virtually throwing this stuff out. Scary how time have changed in such a short space of time!

I bought this while out at a 'vide grenier' in France (think Car Boot sale and you are part of the way there) and it was boxed, came with all original parts, an extra Competition Pro controller and listed as 10 games. And the price? Try €15 (£17.82 or $22.57US today).

Knowing the tendancy for the caps to leak causing massive trace damage, it was high time I extracted the proverbial and got this future proofed.

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00:51 Advert
01:52 Intro
04:52 PSU
06:12 Initial Disassembly
10:36 Mainboard
13:03 Mainboard Recapping
17:28 CD Drive
19:39 Re-Assembly
20:33 Controller
23:19 Testing


PSU: https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/tekkikidco...

2.2uf 50v x 1
47uf 400v x 1
100uf 16v x 2
470uf 10v x 1
1000of 10v x 2

Laser - Miniature Caps: https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/closedcube

2.2uf 50v x 1
4.7uf 35v x 1
10uf 16v x 6
33uf 6.3v x 2
47uf 6.3v x 1
100uf 16v x 4

Main Board

While Retro Bench are no-longer trading, I did find these: https://www.retropassion.co.uk/produc...



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