Amiga 4000 of DEAD Everything

E607: Todays patient, Amiga 4000 of black screen. what happens when 12V rail is injected into the 5V rail? Is it a cpu? Is it a cia? Is it a paula? Or a buster. Yes is the answer. Come along for the ride and funny cutscenes that help keep my sane to bring this old girl back to life! You have asked for a longer video with in depth stuff. So here it is ...

Amigas saved #328, total spent so far 2025: $5320.80

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Tools used in this video:

Finger Drills! for those pesky groundplane holes
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The Retrofriends, GBS8200 vga box, 75$ on ebay usa. 99 for a hdmi one
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Tonya - a hammer
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Loreana Bobbit
https://www.harborfreight.com/5-in-pr...

Aven Desoldering Wick
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/...

Reminton magnet wire solderable through circuit wire
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Jonard IC extractor
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PLCC extractor cheap
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PLCC extractor Hakko
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Kester 186 liquid No Clean Flux that you have to clean
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BackBit Chiptester pro v2
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DIP Pin Straightener
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Helmet of Goober:
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Solder station WepTools 853d-5AII
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Desoldering station WepTools 948d3
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Wep 982_III Precision soldering station
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Wep 982D3 Precision Hot Tweezers and soldering station
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Fume Extractor: Weptools 948DQ
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Siglent SDS1052DL digital oscilloscope
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Kotto silicon solder sucker aka Moana3
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Joyalense Digital microscope:
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TV pixel display and wall pixel display
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VTOMAN JUMP 1500 Power Station
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Plastibands
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Pironman5 RPI5 case from Amazon, $79.99
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