C64 repair service

Dublinandy2

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a repair service for a breadbin c64? I thought it was the power supply but bought another one and obviously wasn’t. I have no knowledge on these machines so don’t want to try myself.

Dublin would be good but anywhere in Ireland if they accept postal service is good.

Cheers

horgan_p

To be honest , half the fun of owning older machines is the hours spent with youtube open on your laptop and a multimeter in your lap.
I dont know of anywhere in Ireland that would look at one of these - certainly not a commercial venture.

Would you not have a crack at it yourself ?

horgan_p

Maybe a video like this would give you some pointers ??

Dublinandy2

I probably will if i can't. I'm happy with a console, but i have a spare room full of them.

But you're right, it's the same principle, mainly just soldering, I shouldn't fear.

bennya

What does the screen display look like when powered on?

If it's competely black, it's most likely the PLA chip which is a known weak point.

Out of memory errors or screen corruption is most likely RAM.

There's a guy in Wales who specialises in repairs such as these - google 'Mutant Caterpillar Games'.

Dublinandy2

It doesn't even power on. I'll have a play when i get the time with you tube

bennya

There's a fuse inside the unit itself, check to see if this has blown or not. It's a 1.5A fast blow type:

https://www.retroleum.co.uk/c64-misc-components-fuse-etc

Dublinandy2

bennya wrote: »

There's a fuse inside the unit itself, check to see if this has blown or not. It's a 1.5A fast blow type:

https://www.retroleum.co.uk/c64-misc-components-fuse-etc

Will do, cheers

Firefox11

If you need any help you can get some great help at the commodore for everyone Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreforeveryone/

There a friendly bunch

Dublinandy2

Firefox11 wrote: »

If you need any help you can get some great help at the commodore for everyone Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreforeveryone/

There a friendly bunch

Awesome, cheers

Dublinandy2

Just to bring a happy end to this story. Did intend to try to fix this myself but the very nice cathaldublin stepped in and did it for my. Now I can play my beloved dizzy games

djsim101

Dublinandy2 wrote: »

Just to bring a happy end to this story. Did intend to try to fix this myself but the very nice cathaldublin stepped in and did it for my. Now I can play my beloved dizzy games

As a matter of Interest , what was the issue? Just incase it happens to one of mine 😜

Dublinandy2

djsim101 wrote: »

As a matter of Interest , what was the issue? Just incase it happens to one of mine ��

We don’t know, but in the process of trying to fix it, it became fixed. Possibly just the cleaning of it did the trick.

CathalDublin

Ah happy days, back loading tapes

djsim101 wrote: »

As a matter of Interest , what was the issue? Just incase it happens to one of mine ��

Possibly dirty contacts on the rocker switch, before I even tested it myself I couldn’t find my PSU brick so I took it apart to check the fuse, switch and voltage reg, I ended up cleaning the board/switch, keyboard connector and a few days later when I found my PSU I plugged it in to do some testing and to my suprise it was working perfect

KeRbDoG

Tape!? Ah here, do yourself a favor and get a SD2IEC adaptor