A word about the audio quality: See those 2 things clipped to our tops? I invested in 2 x wireless SmartMike+ on Indiegogo to fix past audio issues & avoid doggo cable tangles. Seemed great. Tested great. Finished filming & it had garbled all the audio. 🤦♂️ Had to defer to the camera mic which was further away. Next stop wired Rode lapel mics with doggo tangles! 🤷♂️
See those 2 things clipped to our tops? I invested in the SmartMike+ on Indiegogo. Seemed great. Tested great. Came to film and it garbled all the audio. 🤦♂️ Had to defer to the camera mic which was further away. I tried!
It's a great honor to be able to display this machine in our museum and keep it's heart to go on. We will definitely make sure it won't get hit by icebergs or Celine Dion. But if Leonardo wants to draw it naked, I will allow it.. once. Thank you for all who made this possible!
Haha. No guarantees Celine won't hit it ("Hit it Celine!" 🎶) but I'll reach out to Leo's agent now. Seriously, thanks for your part in all this! Another trip to Holland is due for us I think!...
I hate it when people say "oh just replace the fuse" The seem to forget that a fuse only blows if something else has gone wrong. Replacing the fuse does not fix the problem that caused it to blow in the first place.
Hi, I know, that often something else is broken. But in my experience, the fuse is often in series to a transformer. If the voltage is too high, the fuse immedeatly blows, because the current on the primary circuit is too high. I did not want to upset you.... Sorry
I'll absolutely echo that. If someone asks me to repair something and says "I swapped the fuse first - the one in the machine, not the one in the plug"... I'll triple the repair labour estimate. And I'm going to send this video to the next person who argues over the bill! XD The old trick with power supply repair is to wire a 100W lightbulb (filament type) in series. If it glows brightly, there's still a problem. Difference is, the current is limited low enough that you can measure and find the problem without the risk of more failures.
Well said. The fuse isn't the problem, something else is. Anyone who says to replace the fuse, obviously doesn't have a clue about what fuses are used for.
Laughed so hard because I’ve been there. Terrified after sorting out a power supply on an old top loader vcr and it arced to my wedding ring. I was still shaking as I lowered the vcr carcass into the trash. 😂
Back in the day (87-89 somewhere in there) one of my jobs required a team of about 20 of us to breakdown a truckload of TV's. Now as you do (as we did) we were using a long stem screwdriver to push under the EHT cap and connect it to earth so that the tube was discharged before proceeding. Well it was one of those really hot and sweaty days in London with no AC. So I had pushed the screwdriver under the cap and one of my workmates came up behind me slapped me on the shoulder of the arm holding the screwdriver (he was just saying hi). My hand must have slipped ( I have no recollection of the actual accident) because the next thing I know is that I'm on the floor with my head resting on the side of the bench. The thing is it wasnt a bench in my row. I was told that there was an almighty crack and I went flying over 2 lab benches (thay are quite tall and I am rather short) I awoke to one of the guys leaning over me asking if I could hear him, I took the rest of the day off. The screwdriver melted the entire head and burned a notch most of the way through the stem where I must have contacted it. I got off lucky, I had a minor burn on a couple of fingers and some small balls of metal embedded into my skin on one finger. Recommended 11 out of 10 :-)
Been there too mine was with one of those cheap plasma globes at the time i was a fool and didn’t know what a capacitor was and so a bright pink arc hit my hand and I was practically unaware of my surroundings for a good minute
A bit of nitpicking but can we please use the proper name of the country, The Netherlands ? Holland only represents 2 provinces of the country and is just utterly wrong. By the way lady fractie pronouncing dankjewel was perfect!
Part 2 : he tries replacing the fuse with a SLOWER blow fuse, and cut to the space-station so that you can see the arcing from Europe to NW Asia this time, finally jumping to Penguin-land. :)
Jokes: This is a couple who came of age in the 80s, because the guy spent more time on his hair than the girl. ;) And there's nothing wrong with that. At 2:09 ...maybe why you only have fur babies. ;)
What happened to Ashley? And i just found that your real name is Christian Simpson and you are pretty famous besides your youtube channel, so that explains some stuff
Ashley left Walmart and has a busy new job with double shifts plus studying. I wanted to keep the female presence for positive reasons, and realized I didn't even have to leave the house!
@@RetroRecipes Aaw, that explains, great for her but pity though - she would have been a wonderful third (fourth, sorry, Puppyfractic, sorry) co-host. Send her our regards next time you see her, please! :)
What a funny episode. I laughed so much about this voltage issue. Not about this little accident itself, more about how you acted after this and how you was shaking and falling from the chair. And the punch line was puppyfractic as she stepped over your ... :-D
Too bad that epic A4000 was beyond repair. My retro heart is beating right now, man I want a Amiga again! Do have a C64 and a C128 in the basement though 😄
@@RetroRecipes Would love to, but one power supply is broke, and hardly any cassettes is working. Tried to show my kid a while ago how real computers look, but had to give up.
@@thomasa76 You can get modern power supplies for all retro computers quite easily so that's not a problem. In fact you should not use the originals, especially for the likes of C64 or amigas because those things just kill machines when they fail. Also mass media is easily available, you can get an SD-card adapter for the C64 which can hold all the games that computer ever had.
@@thomasa76 Not really, sorry :/ I can't remember where I bought the SD card adapter but I'd guess most of them work. Power supplies I just build myself, part of the hobby. All of the cheapo ide/compact flash stuff I've bought off the chinesen in ebay for my A1200 work just fine.
had to laugh seeing this video as only this week, found a pc at the e-waste pile in the dump, same thing busted fuse in psu, same thing large bang when replaced .... the joy of bangs! Plus side was once I put in a new PSU all was sweet! Ahh the smell of magic smoke in the morning. Interesting CPR technique from puppy fractic, one pump in the three piece suite and you'd recovered.. very effective :)
Perifractic, you have the most soothing voice! I first heard it on the Commodore that went round the world. I'm very curious, is Lady Fractic your wife, or your sister? You have similar facial structure...
Lol that's so funny! You're the second person to say we look like siblings this week. The last was at a dinner party (by a lovely older lady who once dated Rod Taylor). In truth she is my wife. Ladyfractic I mean, not Rod Taylor's ex. 👍🕹
Retro Recipes yea... so it started! ... they re in our commodores, they are in our amigas ... and finally they took over. Okay get orly and the puppies save, because you found there plan out . They will hunt you down... i guess you can handle this... because with the powersupply you practically killed the first terminator! Lol
The first time this was powered up with 240V, the MOV (Z1) probably fired and blew the fuse. However, MOV's in this sort of case are usually one shot, and while they usually fail as a short, I guess this one failed open. The second time you powered up, it looks like the main switching MOSFET (Q1) bought it, which would've gone short between all 3 terminals (typical failure mode of MOSFETs). This in turn took out the control IC and R7 (connected to the mosfet's source pin) and R6 (connected to the mosfet's gate). I suspect R9 (current sense resistor) probably went as well. Chances are there was a wire link between the +ve terminal of the bridge rectifier, and the middle of C7/C8 (the main capacitors). Removing this would've made it suitable for 240V input. As others have mentioned, you should always power stuff you are unsure of via some sort of limiter. a 100W incandescent bulb is perfect for this, and something I use whenever I have serviced any form of power supply.
Did nobody else notice that this power supply was manufactured by Skynet?! (13:57) Why else do you think that this power supply so viciously and deliberately attacked Perifractic? First the power supplies, then nuclear missiles, finally Terminators. I'm not paranoid...you're paranoid!! LOL
Hmm, I didn't remove the batteries from my A1000, A500, and A3000 when I boxed them up and put them in the closet. Guess I should take them out and see if they still work. No point in taking up space if they are ruined... ;-(
That blown-up power-supply reminds me the time when I was an IT-technician student. In the summertime me and a friend of mine was learning at a computer store where one of the first jobs they gave us was fixing used power supplies. They told us to measure the transistors first, we didn't even touch the fuses before measuring them. An other trick that tube-amp repairmen often use is to wire a light-bulb series with the unit under test so it will limit the current if the unit has a short circuit.
See those 2 things clipped to our tops? I invested in the SmartMike+ on Indiegogo. Seemed great. Tested great. Came to film and it garbled all the audio. 🤦♂️ Had to defer to the camera mic which was further away.
the infamous door debate.Honestly I'm with ladyfractic hre. two people would totally fit on that door and given it was a solid wood door, would be able to support the weight and still float. the question is, could Jack, given he's in freezing water, have gotten on the door? That I'm not sure of.
can you remember the "Einstein" computer ? it was my 1st computer, im the only person ive ever met thats had 1 and something ive never come across anywhere else, my dad paid i think £1500 for it in mid 80s,
I think my eyes are cheating me,in 5:12 one fuse piece in a blister cover is selling for 5.38 dollars?In shops selling electronic spare parts the fuse packets of 10 pieces are selling for 0.20 euro.Before fuse replacement needs a checking for blown semiconductors and fuse needs to be a fast type one.
Puppy can smell exactly what component blew up. From 500 m distance. Hm, I was wondering why it's a time delay fuse. So your stuff can blow up before the fuse breaks?
See those 2 things clipped to our tops? I invested in the SmartMike+ on Indiegogo. Seemed great. Tested great. Came to film and it garbled all the audio. 🤦♂️ Had to defer to the camera mic which was further away.
I used to repair TV's back in the CRT days and rarely was the fuse blown as a result of a power surge or even lightning strike, it's normally because components have failed and there the fuse plays a role in protecting the AC Mains from being shorted. Some TV's had numerous components blown but the fuse was still ok, and in those cases it generally was as a result of power surge. Anyone who comments and just says replace the fuse, knows very little about electronics why stuff happens. Having said that occasionally replacing the fuse can work, always get the multimeter out first.
It seems you have to put some big nail instead of the fuse. Will survive more than the PSU itself, at least XD Have you tested it at 120V, or (again) at 240V? When i watched the boom i was thinking that you will teleport to another world... So lucky! Nice video Familyfractic!
And an interesting yet important caveat: On our Dutch side of the pond, the power is 230V so I hope the machine doesn't make a habit out of eating even more PSUs than it already did.
Oh man! PeriShockTrick, (or StarFire, if you prefer) you really blew that, literally. LOL. Reminds me of the office shredder I tried to repair last year. No joke, the hair on my arms and eyebrows finally grew back.
Think you were a bit late for the new year firework display. RIP Amiga mother board & PSU, at least the remaining parts are going to a good home. Another fanfractic video.
Just got a hold of a couple Amiga 2000s and a 2500. But none had the keyboards with them. Know of any places besides Fleabay to buy new recreations or refurbished stock?
Trying to remember, something, something power supplies. ; ) I never tried to fix power supplies, I just swapped them out. There used to be a tech in Plano, Texas who was an expert at repairing them. I was too busy to let him teach me. I spent 12 to 16 hours a day at my regular job. : (
To Erik who worked on the set with that computer, I am curious to learn more what all you did with it on set. I love how older film production was done with early computers. I remember reading that the Titanic was edited on DV tape apparently. And then I expect was used to get the time code of the original film and then cut together manually based off the edited timecode. Very fascinating to see the actual computer that was there on set as well. If I could go back in time I'd love to have seen all that. Great job to everyone and thank you all for sharing bits of history.
I'm disappointed that nobody mentioned the series light-bulb trick with power supply repair. You hook a 100W filament light bulb in series (cut the live wire, wire both ends to a lamp holder). The bulb limits the current when you've replaced components, so a small repair doesn't turn into a bigger one. That PSU probably needed a lot of parts... but now, yeah, I'd write it off unless it was *really* special.
You frankenfished it! There's a story behind that term. Many moons ago when I was stationed in Italy, I had an old PC that I rescued out of a skip. For some reason, that machine got dubbed "frankenfish", because I frankensteined it into working and it kinda looked like a fish if you squint (it was an old Compaq Presario). I accidentally plugged it into 240v while it was set to 120. I opened it up, swapped the fuse, put it back in, and when I powered up, it ran for about fifteen seconds, and then... Well, what happened to you happened to me, with much smoke, fire and stench. I had this little duster thing that used CO2 cartridges, so I quickly used that as a fire extinguisher. It was quite clear that machine had chooched its last. But that's not the end of it! The following week, at work, we got this shiny new super-expensive secure fax machine. I set its PSU to 120V, grabbed a US-style power cable, plugged it into a US-style power strip, hit the switch, and *BANG*. Pick myself up, shake off the shock, avoid getting defenestrated by walking my boss through exactly what I just did. Well, now she's boggled too. So we pull up the tiles to see what that power strip is connected to: it's plugged into a US-style extension cord, which we followed for about fifty feet under the floor, to find that the end had been snipped off and an Italian-style power plug had been spliced on and plugged into a 240V Italian-type outlet! On a second look, every single other device plugged into the power strip was voltage-autosensing! When I told my roommate about it that night, he said "so you frankenfished the secure fax machine?" That's what I've called that kind of error, ever since.
this reminds me that i need to check a couple old original xboxes for leaky caps (especially the rtc cap). im uh... not looking forward to it. by the way, you should see this c64 i have. it’s like practically unused, but there’s a huge crack in the enclosure that pushes the keyboard in when you type. like someone sat on it, or something. weird stuff. as nice as your brixty-four is, i guess i’d like to try and fix it. do you have any advice on making it look pretty good if i try to repair it?
The PSU blowing up was the best part. :) I appreciate the slowed down replay. :D Also, congrats on the steps taken to revive this Amiga - good work, I appreciate the effort.
A word about the audio quality: See those 2 things clipped to our tops? I invested in 2 x wireless SmartMike+ on Indiegogo to fix past audio issues & avoid doggo cable tangles. Seemed great. Tested great. Finished filming & it had garbled all the audio. 🤦♂️ Had to defer to the camera mic which was further away. Next stop wired Rode lapel mics with doggo tangles! 🤷♂️
:P
still having audio issues ?
See those 2 things clipped to our tops? I invested in the SmartMike+ on Indiegogo. Seemed great. Tested great. Came to film and it garbled all the audio. 🤦♂️ Had to defer to the camera mic which was further away. I tried!
I'm already here in The Netherlands so I'll definitely be paying a visit...and thanks for another great video and an almost heart attack 😂
I want a Dutch Brownie dispenser at work like puppy fractic has!
It's a great honor to be able to display this machine in our museum and keep it's heart to go on. We will definitely make sure it won't get hit by icebergs or Celine Dion. But if Leonardo wants to draw it naked, I will allow it.. once. Thank you for all who made this possible!
Haha. No guarantees Celine won't hit it ("Hit it Celine!" 🎶) but I'll reach out to Leo's agent now. Seriously, thanks for your part in all this! Another trip to Holland is due for us I think!...
Ik kom een keer langs🤗
ik ook!
Retro Recipes Please consider a meet and greet for your dutch fans if you do visit!
@@edwinhebik9221 I'll provide the cookies!
And as usual Puppyfractic steals every scene she's in! Good girl!
Bad ideas in the comments are never in SHORT SUPPLY
I see what you did there
I hate it when people say "oh just replace the fuse" The seem to forget that a fuse only blows if something else has gone wrong. Replacing the fuse does not fix the problem that caused it to blow in the first place.
I wondered why he was spending all that money on a slow blow fuse rather than a regular one
Hi, I know, that often something else is broken. But in my experience, the fuse is often in series to a transformer. If the voltage is too high, the fuse immedeatly blows, because the current on the primary circuit is too high. I did not want to upset you.... Sorry
I'll absolutely echo that. If someone asks me to repair something and says "I swapped the fuse first - the one in the machine, not the one in the plug"... I'll triple the repair labour estimate. And I'm going to send this video to the next person who argues over the bill! XD
The old trick with power supply repair is to wire a 100W lightbulb (filament type) in series. If it glows brightly, there's still a problem. Difference is, the current is limited low enough that you can measure and find the problem without the risk of more failures.
@@philpem That's brilliant! If the light is bright then the PSU has a short. Thanks for the tip. Got any more?
Well said. The fuse isn't the problem, something else is. Anyone who says to replace the fuse, obviously doesn't have a clue about what fuses are used for.
Laughed so hard because I’ve been there. Terrified after sorting out a power supply on an old top loader vcr and it arced to my wedding ring. I was still shaking as I lowered the vcr carcass into the trash. 😂
OMG! 😂
Back in the day (87-89 somewhere in there) one of my jobs required a team of about 20 of us to breakdown a truckload of TV's. Now as you do (as we did) we were using a long stem screwdriver to push under the EHT cap and connect it to earth so that the tube was discharged before proceeding. Well it was one of those really hot and sweaty days in London with no AC. So I had pushed the screwdriver under the cap and one of my workmates came up behind me slapped me on the shoulder of the arm holding the screwdriver (he was just saying hi). My hand must have slipped ( I have no recollection of the actual accident) because the next thing I know is that I'm on the floor with my head resting on the side of the bench. The thing is it wasnt a bench in my row. I was told that there was an almighty crack and I went flying over 2 lab benches (thay are quite tall and I am rather short) I awoke to one of the guys leaning over me asking if I could hear him, I took the rest of the day off. The screwdriver melted the entire head and burned a notch most of the way through the stem where I must have contacted it. I got off lucky, I had a minor burn on a couple of fingers and some small balls of metal embedded into my skin on one finger. Recommended 11 out of 10 :-)
@@daishi5571 Wow 🥺
I shorted across a PC power supply that was damaged (not grounding) and a metal watchband. I feel ya!
Been there too mine was with one of those cheap plasma globes at the time i was a fool and didn’t know what a capacitor was and so a bright pink arc hit my hand and I was practically unaware of my surroundings for a good minute
Now, let's hope that plane to Holland doesn't hit an iceberg...
The lettuce?
Your avatar is weird.
Or a nervous republican guard who's been spooked by a loud mouthed freak on twitter.. (too soon?)
Just as I thought, Marvin.. cool.
A bit of nitpicking but can we please use the proper name of the country, The Netherlands ?
Holland only represents 2 provinces of the country and is just utterly wrong.
By the way lady fractie pronouncing dankjewel was perfect!
Part 2 : he tries replacing the fuse with a SLOWER blow fuse, and cut to the space-station so that you can see the arcing from Europe to NW Asia this time, finally jumping to Penguin-land. :)
throw in some potato Smiths chips and you have yourself a favourite viewer..
Well, now we know how to tell if Perifractic is playing dead... just get Puppyfractic to hit him in the plums.
Jokes: This is a couple who came of age in the 80s, because the guy spent more time on his hair than the girl. ;) And there's nothing wrong with that. At 2:09 ...maybe why you only have fur babies. ;)
7:16 she does look a bit like Trinity from the Matrix but a more beautiful version ☺️
What a beautiful woman. Can get enough of looking at her.
Disco Tek can or can’t?
Very true indeed. Well spotted! :D
This had some serious Electroboom vibes going on.
What happened to Ashley? And i just found that your real name is Christian Simpson and you are pretty famous besides your youtube channel, so that explains some stuff
Ashley left Walmart and has a busy new job with double shifts plus studying. I wanted to keep the female presence for positive reasons, and realized I didn't even have to leave the house!
@@RetroRecipes Aaw, that explains, great for her but pity though - she would have been a wonderful third (fourth, sorry, Puppyfractic, sorry) co-host. Send her our regards next time you see her, please! :)
@@francescomarzot5742 He should have used the force or followed Yoda's advice from his quote on IMDB.
the automatic dog feeder is pretty cool! Doc Brown from back to the future would be impressed.
Puppyfractic knew you weren't dead. They can sense those things.
The dog could probably hear his heart beat even if they were separated by a meter of snow.
Puppyfractic was like "Oh, here he goes again putting me on his memes!"
HAHAHAA! That was so Rik Mayall or Eddie Izzard: "Enjoy your food, and don't worry about me being dead." I love your humor, PerriFractic.
What a funny episode. I laughed so much about this voltage issue. Not about this little accident itself, more about how you acted after this and how you was shaking and falling from the chair. And the punch line was puppyfractic as she stepped over your ... :-D
Car park, parking lot, I think they are both correct. Just different ways to say the same thing.
I got 'con-fused', I luv 'dead' jokes :P (btw very nice work guys)
Too bad that epic A4000 was beyond repair. My retro heart is beating right now, man I want a Amiga again! Do have a C64 and a C128 in the basement though 😄
Get em out right now!
@@RetroRecipes Would love to, but one power supply is broke, and hardly any cassettes is working. Tried to show my kid a while ago how real computers look, but had to give up.
@@thomasa76 You can get modern power supplies for all retro computers quite easily so that's not a problem. In fact you should not use the originals, especially for the likes of C64 or amigas because those things just kill machines when they fail. Also mass media is easily available, you can get an SD-card adapter for the C64 which can hold all the games that computer ever had.
@@benbaselet2026 Thanks for feedback. Do you know any good, reliable source to buy these things from?
@@thomasa76 Not really, sorry :/ I can't remember where I bought the SD card adapter but I'd guess most of them work. Power supplies I just build myself, part of the hobby. All of the cheapo ide/compact flash stuff I've bought off the chinesen in ebay for my A1200 work just fine.
had to laugh seeing this video as only this week, found a pc at the e-waste pile in the dump, same thing busted fuse in psu, same thing large bang when replaced .... the joy of bangs! Plus side was once I put in a new PSU all was sweet! Ahh the smell of magic smoke in the morning. Interesting CPR technique from puppy fractic, one pump in the three piece suite and you'd recovered.. very effective :)
Perifractic, you have the most soothing voice! I first heard it on the Commodore that went round the world. I'm very curious, is Lady Fractic your wife, or your sister? You have similar facial structure...
Lol that's so funny! You're the second person to say we look like siblings this week. The last was at a dinner party (by a lovely older lady who once dated Rod Taylor). In truth she is my wife. Ladyfractic I mean, not Rod Taylor's ex. 👍🕹
Yay! Thank you for the ee-oo-ee-oos!!! That was some scary exploding circuitry, wow! And, cool, automated pet feeders!
PetSafe SmartFeed I hate you! #NotHumanSafe
WAIT! ... 14:02 ... The PowerSupply is From SKYNET Electronics... this is doomed! :-D
I don't know how I missed that!
Retro Recipes yea... so it started! ... they re in our commodores, they are in our amigas ... and finally they took over. Okay get orly and the puppies save, because you found there plan out . They will hunt you down... i guess you can handle this... because with the powersupply you practically killed the first terminator! Lol
Puppyfractic is so devoted to this couple. What a great dog!
Yay lady fractic and perifratic perfect combination I think the name needs to become the perifratic and lady fractic show 🙂
"The Fractics". I mean, we start on a couch...
Retro Recipes add in some canned laughter track and people would seriously watch you 3 sitting on a couch .
@@JesusisJesus Thanks Jesus!
Retro Recipes just try I, it’ll b3 like Al Bundy on Gogglebox with prompting for when to laugh.
Do it as a livestream.
I would try just one more fuse.
Do you want your comment in the next video lol?
This is not Photonicinduction (although he would replace said fuse with a bolt or something).
WOW to the pricetag of that fuse!! The 5x20 - 5A fuse I buy costs US $0.68 per lot (10 pieces)
I guess I pay for convenience. 🤷♂️ No hardware shops that I know of are as close.
Dank je wel! The best (comedic) retro content on YT!!!
That is A LOT of dog hair on that dog bed lol I feel ya. Our dog has already killed one Neato Robovac D6 and is working on the second one.
The problem is shown at 18:39 when your bits get corrupted.
No Peribabies, but at least the sacrifice was for a good cause.
Puppy Fractic kicks dead guy in the balls, instantly restarts his heart. Maybe animals are smarter than we know...?
Now that I think about it that is what happened! ❤️
Ok, so you three are back from doing cameo appearances in The 8-Bit Guy´s latest video? Nice :)
Yup just got back! ;-)
Holy crap, that lit up nicely! A shame that mobo wasn't salvageable. And might I suggest a protective sports cup for future videos. 🐕🍆🤕
Already ordered lol!
But you didn't take it to a cleric with a few gemstones and have them cast a resurrection spell.
Next week then
The first time this was powered up with 240V, the MOV (Z1) probably fired and blew the fuse. However, MOV's in this sort of case are usually one shot, and while they usually fail as a short, I guess this one failed open. The second time you powered up, it looks like the main switching MOSFET (Q1) bought it, which would've gone short between all 3 terminals (typical failure mode of MOSFETs). This in turn took out the control IC and R7 (connected to the mosfet's source pin) and R6 (connected to the mosfet's gate). I suspect R9 (current sense resistor) probably went as well.
Chances are there was a wire link between the +ve terminal of the bridge rectifier, and the middle of C7/C8 (the main capacitors). Removing this would've made it suitable for 240V input.
As others have mentioned, you should always power stuff you are unsure of via some sort of limiter. a 100W incandescent bulb is perfect for this, and something I use whenever I have serviced any form of power supply.
Did nobody else notice that this power supply was manufactured by Skynet?! (13:57) Why else do you think that this power supply so viciously and deliberately attacked Perifractic? First the power supplies, then nuclear missiles, finally Terminators. I'm not paranoid...you're paranoid!! LOL
PSU was made by SKYNET. Perhaps not resurrecting it was a good thing?
🤪 see what you did there.
Hmm, I didn't remove the batteries from my A1000, A500, and A3000 when I boxed them up and put them in the closet. Guess I should take them out and see if they still work. No point in taking up space if they are ruined... ;-(
:O waaaait a moment. She is your wife ? :) omg. Congratulations (saw the Amiga Chess Video and thought she just joined from another Channel)
I'm a lucky boy :-) This is her channel ;-)
Stuff Bad Comments. A Beautiful Couple For those who Have Brains and can fully Appreciate. Love Your Videos Guys.
@0:50 Dawg: "Why hoomans talk into box? They gun crazy? Aw man, I can't look... can't not look... *worried dogface*"
Destroy that power supply DANGER DANGER SKYNET COMPONENT DANGER DANGER !!!! ;)
That blown-up power-supply reminds me the time when I was an IT-technician student. In the summertime me and a friend of mine was learning at a computer store where one of the first jobs they gave us was fixing used power supplies. They told us to measure the transistors first, we didn't even touch the fuses before measuring them. An other trick that tube-amp repairmen often use is to wire a light-bulb series with the unit under test so it will limit the current if the unit has a short circuit.
Is it me or is the sound all weird again. Like your down a hole? (Only the bits to camera from the sofa)
See those 2 things clipped to our tops? I invested in the SmartMike+ on Indiegogo. Seemed great. Tested great. Came to film and it garbled all the audio. 🤦♂️ Had to defer to the camera mic which was further away.
the infamous door debate.Honestly I'm with ladyfractic hre. two people would totally fit on that door and given it was a solid wood door, would be able to support the weight and still float. the question is, could Jack, given he's in freezing water, have gotten on the door? That I'm not sure of.
O' Ladyfractic understands a bit of Dutch ... 😳 hoops! 🤫 better watch my Tongue ... comments
I was sent here from Gamers Nexus video on exploding Gigabyte Power Supplies. Go figures...
can you remember the "Einstein" computer ? it was my 1st computer, im the only person ive ever met thats had 1 and something ive never come across anywhere else, my dad paid i think £1500 for it in mid 80s,
I think my eyes are cheating me,in 5:12 one fuse piece in a blister cover is selling for 5.38 dollars?In shops selling electronic spare parts the fuse packets of 10 pieces are selling for 0.20 euro.Before fuse replacement needs a checking for blown semiconductors and fuse needs to be a fast type one.
Ah, Titanic. Which reminds me... Kylo Ren sure got Jack Dawson'ed, didn't he? Wait, too soon?
Good Job Guys . Nice video . When the fuse burns in the power supply. Parts must have been burned in the First Stage
Puppy can smell exactly what component blew up. From 500 m distance.
Hm, I was wondering why it's a time delay fuse. So your stuff can blow up before the fuse breaks?
I love this Dog! She always get to the point! :)
*points
Great video fractic fam!
Thoroughly enjoyable viewing, thank u for sharing.
Perifractic + electrocuted = Perifrazzled. I never laughed so hard! Great video.
One fuse $5.38? TF? That's 25 times higher price than it really costs.
Everything can be refurbished
Loved the atari 800xl video 👌🏽
I fell for your little trick at 5:32. It may have been silly, but I liked it.
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Careful, that power supply was made by Skynet..
See that chip, it is called the product end of life chip. When it is activated the product reaches it end of life, and you have to buy a new one.
Good thing to test a power supply completely unconnected to anything. Yikes.
Nice looking wife. Not many women have the face to pull off the pixie haircut.
So im guessing there wont be any kiddofractics now....=p
Pcb way yahay stuck in my mind all day. Eeeh oww eeeh oww too. Perry and lady f your a pair of good looking people.
Do you have water in your mic? It sounds weird.
See those 2 things clipped to our tops? I invested in the SmartMike+ on Indiegogo. Seemed great. Tested great. Came to film and it garbled all the audio. 🤦♂️ Had to defer to the camera mic which was further away.
Haha just brilliant! Great video and some comedy gold 😂
ALWAYS use a incandescent bulb in series to limit the current in possible faulty electronics
What an epic bit of nostalgia having a system that worked on the Titanic movie. Maybe it was a bad Oman though lol.
* omen.
Oman is a country in the Arabian peninsula.
Great video, had a right laugh at the end of this vid... Glad this 4000 is going to a great home.
Easy for you to laugh, you still have your eyebrows and all endowments!
I used to repair TV's back in the CRT days and rarely was the fuse blown as a result of a power surge or even lightning strike, it's normally because components have failed and there the fuse plays a role in protecting the AC Mains from being shorted. Some TV's had numerous components blown but the fuse was still ok, and in those cases it generally was as a result of power surge.
Anyone who comments and just says replace the fuse, knows very little about electronics why stuff happens. Having said that occasionally replacing the fuse can work, always get the multimeter out first.
Imperious685 but you must admit the fun factor 😅
What we need is a retro modern compact Mac classic mini from Apple.
It seems you have to put some big nail instead of the fuse. Will survive more than the PSU itself, at least XD
Have you tested it at 120V, or (again) at 240V? When i watched the boom i was thinking that you will teleport to another world... So lucky!
Nice video Familyfractic!
Okay next week, big nail, and your comment on screen! ;-)
And an interesting yet important caveat: On our Dutch side of the pond, the power is 230V so I hope the machine doesn't make a habit out of eating even more PSUs than it already did.
Oh man! PeriShockTrick, (or StarFire, if you prefer) you really blew that, literally. LOL. Reminds me of the office shredder I tried to repair last year. No joke, the hair on my arms and eyebrows finally grew back.
I applaud your channeling of ElectroBoom!
Goddamn it both of you are like movie star attractive. Please wear paper bagz thx
Haha ok will do from now on 👀
Retro Recipes hahahahahaha! That was meant as a compliment to both of you, love the channel and humor!
Well at least the PSU gave us a good lightshow for its sendoff.
Dog seems concerned, until food came out lol.
So let me get this straight, you have not one, but TWO historic Amiga 4000's?
Yes, but I want 64.
@@RetroRecipes C64?
Think you were a bit late for the new year firework display. RIP Amiga mother board & PSU, at least the remaining parts are going to a good home. Another fanfractic video.
@15:37 Insert Rick Dangerous death scream.
I came for the “that’s the hottest girl I ever seen” comment. Where is it?
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I am both shocked and appawed that you could not get this computer working.
Haha!
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Just got a hold of a couple Amiga 2000s and a 2500. But none had the keyboards with them. Know of any places besides Fleabay to buy new recreations or refurbished stock?
I don’t think new ones exist. eBay is my go to.
🎼...once...more...you opened its core...🎶 😘
Trying to remember, something, something power supplies. ; )
I never tried to fix power supplies, I just swapped them out.
There used to be a tech in Plano, Texas who was an expert at repairing them.
I was too busy to let him teach me.
I spent 12 to 16 hours a day at my regular job. : (
To Erik who worked on the set with that computer, I am curious to learn more what all you did with it on set. I love how older film production was done with early computers. I remember reading that the Titanic was edited on DV tape apparently. And then I expect was used to get the time code of the original film and then cut together manually based off the edited timecode. Very fascinating to see the actual computer that was there on set as well. If I could go back in time I'd love to have seen all that. Great job to everyone and thank you all for sharing bits of history.
I'm disappointed that nobody mentioned the series light-bulb trick with power supply repair. You hook a 100W filament light bulb in series (cut the live wire, wire both ends to a lamp holder). The bulb limits the current when you've replaced components, so a small repair doesn't turn into a bigger one. That PSU probably needed a lot of parts... but now, yeah, I'd write it off unless it was *really* special.
An illuminating tip
You frankenfished it!
There's a story behind that term. Many moons ago when I was stationed in Italy, I had an old PC that I rescued out of a skip. For some reason, that machine got dubbed "frankenfish", because I frankensteined it into working and it kinda looked like a fish if you squint (it was an old Compaq Presario).
I accidentally plugged it into 240v while it was set to 120. I opened it up, swapped the fuse, put it back in, and when I powered up, it ran for about fifteen seconds, and then... Well, what happened to you happened to me, with much smoke, fire and stench. I had this little duster thing that used CO2 cartridges, so I quickly used that as a fire extinguisher. It was quite clear that machine had chooched its last.
But that's not the end of it! The following week, at work, we got this shiny new super-expensive secure fax machine. I set its PSU to 120V, grabbed a US-style power cable, plugged it into a US-style power strip, hit the switch, and *BANG*.
Pick myself up, shake off the shock, avoid getting defenestrated by walking my boss through exactly what I just did. Well, now she's boggled too. So we pull up the tiles to see what that power strip is connected to: it's plugged into a US-style extension cord, which we followed for about fifty feet under the floor, to find that the end had been snipped off and an Italian-style power plug had been spliced on and plugged into a 240V Italian-type outlet! On a second look, every single other device plugged into the power strip was voltage-autosensing!
When I told my roommate about it that night, he said "so you frankenfished the secure fax machine?"
That's what I've called that kind of error, ever since.
Great story Dr!
That Amiga remders flames well. LOL.
Another entertaining vid. Especially the last bit where the dogs food comes out . Ouch !!🤣
Wasn’t entertaining for me!!
Must say, you're a funny chap!
haaa marvin will do good with it. "dank je wel"
All you guys are so cute together....Keep making videos! I'm a new subscriber... :) Tony K.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
this reminds me that i need to check a couple old original xboxes for leaky caps (especially the rtc cap). im uh... not looking forward to it.
by the way, you should see this c64 i have. it’s like practically unused, but there’s a huge crack in the enclosure that pushes the keyboard in when you type. like someone sat on it, or something. weird stuff. as nice as your brixty-four is, i guess i’d like to try and fix it. do you have any advice on making it look pretty good if i try to repair it?
I recommend you check out my Atari 800XL Extremefurb video for some case repair tips ;-)
Ok, not buying your ebay stuff. ;)
Not enough Lady-Tastic in this one!
The PSU blowing up was the best part. :) I appreciate the slowed down replay. :D Also, congrats on the steps taken to revive this Amiga - good work, I appreciate the effort.
Thanks!