Commodore Amiga 600 which has seen better dayz
This Commodore Amiga 600 is arrived in laboratory in immaculate state still with the warranty sticker.
Immediately after the disassembly i have immediately noticed that were are several problems of acid released from the capacitors and dirty that affected this poor Amiga 600 and its Floppy Drive.
A decoupling capacitor it’s exploded with a pit on the PCB side, solved this problem i started to replace all the electrolytic capacitors and to clean the pcb with specific products.
After the replacement of the electrolytic capacitors, i have tried to turn on the amiga that apparently worked, shame about the distorted sound and the floppy drive that read 1 time of 100.
I had to replace the electrolyte capacitor on the Floppy Drive and soon after i looked for the fault of the audio problem that 99% is always the usual LF374.
In this case it was not only LF374 but also a 10ohm resistor that did not let the +12v to the LF374 and a short-circuited ceramic decoupling capacitor.
Components that have been replaced:
- IC LF374 substituted with a fully compatible TL084C (U15)
- 10Ohm resistor (R301)
- 330nF capacitor (C301)
- 330nF capacitor (C41)
Unfortunately the welding of the LF374 did not come very well how i like to do it but the pad are destroyed and corroded by the acid and they were about to detach, indeed the pad of the pin 2 of the LF374 was really detached, that’s why the pin 1 and 2 of the IC LF374 are connected together, they were connected via the pad.
I leave you to the photos and the video.
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Hi. What kind of capacitor is the 330nF capacitor (C301)? My C301 blew up as well.