Commodore News Page - News: Repair

Bwack - 5V DC-DC

Bwack made a video about replacing the standard 5V linear voltage regulator with a modern DC-DC converter.

2018-06-01 - 13:12:00 - Week: 22 - Item number: 6287 - Category: C64, Repair

GadgetUK164 - C64 repair

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. This time the Commodore C64 has a bad RAM and a broken key.

2018-05-25 - 13:10:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 6271 - Category: C64, Repair

The 8-Bit Guy - Commodore VIC20 repair

The 8-Bit Guy made a video about cleaning and repairing a Commodore VIC20 computer.

Commodore VIC20 repair - part 2

2018-05-25 - 13:06:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 6267 - Category: VIC-20, Repair

GadgetUK164 - C64 repair

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. This time the Commodore C64 has a black screen.

2018-05-18 - 13:15:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 6258 - Category: C64, Repair

Rob Clarke - C116 keyboard repair

Rob Clarke made a video about taking apart, clean, repair and reassemble a keyboard from a Commodore 116 computer.

2018-05-04 - 13:18:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 6223 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Repair

Jan Beta - DC-DC converter C64

Jan Beta has made a video about replacing the 5 VDC voltage regulator in a Commodore C64 with a modern DC-DC converter.

2018-05-04 - 13:14:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 6219 - Category: C64, Repair

The Woodgrain Game Room - Educator 64

The Woodgrain Game Room made a video about the restoration of a Commodore Educator 64.

2018-05-04 - 13:12:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 6217 - Category: C64, Repair

Plan C - Amiga power-supply repair

Plan C has made a video about the repair of an Amiga power-supply. He replaced several components such as resistors, capacitors and a transistor.

2018-04-27 - 13:02:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 6194 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Iz8dwf - PET 2001 repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a PET 2001. The PET 2001 needed a new daughterboard with RAM and ROM.

2018-04-20 - 13:15:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 6189 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Retro Ravi - A1200 keyboard repair

Retro Ravi made a video about the repair of a Commodore Amiga 1200 keyboard. He cleaned all components and replaced the membrane.

2018-03-30 - 13:06:00 - Week: 13 - Item number: 6125 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Retro Tech & Electronics - A500 power supply repair

Retro Tech & Electronics made a video about testing and repairing an Amiga 500 power supply. After testing all of the components a bad electrolytic capacitor was discovered.

2018-03-30 - 13:04:00 - Week: 13 - Item number: 6123 - Category: Amiga, Repair

DarkWolf80s - 1084 Power switch

DarkWolf80s made a video about repairing the power switch of a Commodore 1084 CRT Video Monitor.

2018-03-23 - 13:09:00 - Week: 12 - Item number: 6108 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Daniel Renner - C64 repair

Daniel Renner made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. The problem is hard to find because it happens only on a few occasions.

2018-03-16 - 13:10:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 6094 - Category: C64, Repair

The 8-Bit Guy - Commodore C116

The 8-Bit Guy made a video about repairing a Commodore C116 and drive and a 240V to 120V conversion.

2018-03-16 - 13:00:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 6084 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Repair

Iz8dwf - Commodore C64 & PET 2001 repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a Commodore C64 and a Commodore PET 2001. The C64 had a faulty PLA and a bad RAM chip. The PET 2001 needed a new RAM and ROM chip.

Commodore PET 2001

2018-03-02 - 13:18:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 6066 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

RetroManCave - CD32 repair

RetroManCave made a video about the repair of a Amiga CD32. He repaired the video output and he also replaced all the electrolytic capacitors.

2018-03-02 - 13:16:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 6064 - Category: Amiga, Repair

GadgetUK164 - C64C PLA

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64c (PLA).

2018-03-02 - 13:05:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 6053 - Category: C64, Repair

Jan Beta - C64c video

Jan Beta has made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64c. The fault of this C64 was that the video was not working.

2018-02-02 - 13:15:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 6012 - Category: C64, Repair

Tynemouth Software - PET 3032

Tynemouth Software has repaired two Commodore PET computers. The one PET had a couple of bad IC sockets and the other PET had damaged tracks on the circuit board and a bad capacitor.

2018-01-26 - 13:09:00 - Week: 4 - Item number: 5992 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Refurbish This! - C64

Perifractic made a video about the refurbishment of a Commodore C64. In this video you can see the cleaning of the C64, replacing the capacitors, adding heatsinks and spraying the case.

2018-01-26 - 13:07:00 - Week: 4 - Item number: 5990 - Category: C64, Repair

GadgetUK164 - Amiga CD32

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Amiga CD32.

2018-01-12 - 13:00:00 - Week: 2 - Item number: 5949 - Category: Amiga, Repair

RetroManCave - C64 repair

RetroManCave made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64c. He replaced the electrolytic capacitors and added heatsinks to the chips. And he also replaced the original case with a brand new case.

2017-12-29 - 13:14:00 - Week: 52 - Item number: 5929 - Category: C64, Repair

Iz8dwf - Commodore 128D (1571) repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a Commodore C128D computer. This time he repaired the internal 1571 disk drive, replaced the MOS 6581 SID and he cleaned the keyboard contacts.

2017-12-29 - 13:10:00 - Week: 52 - Item number: 5925 - Category: C128(D), Repair

Iz8dwf - Keyboard cleaning

Iz8dwf made a video about cleaning the contacts inside a keyboard. The example is a keyboard from a Commodore VIC-20.

2017-12-22 - 13:08:00 - Week: 51 - Item number: 5910 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Retro Runner - 1084 repair

Retro Runner made a video about the repair of a Commodore 1084S-P1 monitor. The fault of this monitor was the vertical deflection.

2017-12-22 - 13:04:00 - Week: 51 - Item number: 5906 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Iz8dwf - C128

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a Commodore C128 computer. This time the fault was a colour RAM.

2017-12-15 - 13:14:00 - Week: 50 - Item number: 5899 - Category: C128(D), Repair

Pluto63 - C64 repair

Pluto63 made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. The video is in the Greek language.

Part 2 of the Commodore C64 repair by Pluto63.

2017-12-15 - 13:12:00 - Week: 50 - Item number: 5897 - Category: C64, Repair

StuRoRo - C64 repair

StuRoRo made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. The problem with this C64 was that it was missing the SID, PLA and the VIC II.

2017-12-15 - 13:10:00 - Week: 50 - Item number: 5895 - Category: C64, Repair

Jan Beta - C64 ALDI

Jan Beta made a video about his C64 - ALDI. He has cleaned the case and the keyboard. He also replaced the electrolytic capacitors and the bridge rectifier.

2017-12-08 - 13:01:00 - Week: 49 - Item number: 5874 - Category: C64, Repair

Retrohax - 1541

A new project from Retrohax, this time many 1541 Commodore disk-drives. In this project a case repair, cleaning and replacing a few components.

2017-12-01 - 13:03:00 - Week: 48 - Item number: 5856 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Jan Beta - Suncom TAC-2

Jan Beta made a video about the inspection and repair of a Suncom TAC-2 joystick. This joystick was very popular in the 80s.

2017-11-24 - 13:12:00 - Week: 47 - Item number: 5850 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Retrohax

This time a number of small projects from Retrohax: Mini C64, keyboard brackets for a C64, painting a C64 and the repair of a Amiga keyboard.

2017-11-17 - 13:16:00 - Week: 46 - Item number: 5836 - Category: C64, Repair

Jan Beta - C64 character ROM

Jan Beta has made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. The fault of this C64 was a defective character ROM.

2017-11-17 - 13:14:00 - Week: 46 - Item number: 5834 - Category: C64, Repair

Iz8dwf - PET 4032

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a Commodore PET 4032 computer. This time the fault was a ROM and a VIA 6522.

2017-11-10 - 13:15:00 - Week: 45 - Item number: 5816 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

This time Jan Beta improves the C64 he repaired previous. The modifications are: new electrolytic capacitors, voltage regulators, a bridge rectifier, heatsinks, bwack's kernal switcher and a new case.

C64 repair

2017-11-03 - 13:14:00 - Week: 44 - Item number: 5799 - Category: C64, Repair

Retrohax: Amiga CDTV

On the Retrohax web page you can see how to clean and restore a Amiga CDTV.

2017-11-03 - 13:00:00 - Week: 44 - Item number: 5785 - Category: Amiga, Repair

C64c Power supply repair

Plan C has made a video about repairing a Commodore C64c power supply. He removed the inside and put a new transformer and electronic components inside the original case.

2017-10-20 - 13:04:00 - Week: 43 - Item number: 5768 - Category: C64, Repair

Iz8dwf - PET 3032

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a Commodore PET 3032 computer with faults in the video generation and a bad MOS-6522 chip.

2017-10-20 - 13:02:00 - Week: 43 - Item number: 5766 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Commodore PET Datassette repair

Tynemouth Software has repaired a Commodore PET 2001. This time he repaired the digital counter of the Datassette.

2017-10-13 - 13:05:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 5759 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Commodore PET Video RAM problems

Tynemouth Software has repaired a Commodore PET.This time he repaired the video part by replacing it with a Video RAM replacement board.

2017-09-01 - 13:05:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 5673 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

The 8-Bit Guy - Commodore PET

The 8-Bit Guy made a video about cleaning and repairing a Commodore PET computer.

2017-09-01 - 13:01:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 5669 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Jan Beta - VIC20 Futureproofing

Jan Beta made a video about improving the life span of the Commodore VIC20. This includes recapping and heatsinking the chips.

2017-08-25 - 13:13:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 5667 - Category: VIC-20, Repair

C2N repair

On the Youtube channel Cainers Commodore Capers! you can see the repair of a Commodore C2n Datassette.

2017-08-18 - 13:01:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 5637 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Commodore PET 2001 repair

Tynemouth Software has repaired a Commodore PET 2001.This time one of the 74LS157 multiplexers was the problem.

2017-08-04 - 13:03:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 5608 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

The 8-Bit Guy - US*8 calculator

The 8-Bit Guy made a video about repairing a Commodore US*8 calculator. The calculator has a problem with the power supply and the keys.

2017-07-28 - 13:06:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 5591 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Commodore Minuteman 3

Jfieldcap wrote a blog about the restoration of an Commodore Minuteman 3 calculator. After cleaning and replacing the battery pack the calculator works perfectly again.

2017-07-28 - 13:01:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 5586 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Aphexteknol - C64 repair

Aphexteknol made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. This time the on/off switch was the problem.

2017-07-28 - 13:00:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 5585 - Category: C64, Repair

Jan Beta - C-1311

Jan Beta has made a video about the repair of the world most terrible joystick, the Commodore C-1311.

2017-07-21 - 13:02:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 5577 - Category: Commodore, Repair

GadgetUK164 - 1084S-D1

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a 1084S-D1 monitor.

Part 2 of the 1084S-D1 repair.

2017-07-21 - 13:00:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 5575 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Jan Beta - C64 repair

Jan Beta has made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. The fault of this C64 is a wrong video display and two blinking cursors.

2017-07-07 - 13:03:00 - Week: 27 - Item number: 5557 - Category: C64, Repair