Commodore News Page - News: Repair

Arctic retro - A500 repair

You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Amiga A500 computer, and testing modern ways to speed up the Amiga computer.

2025-11-21 - 12:11:00 - Week: 47 - Item number: 14033 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Root42 - 1541 repair

You can watch a new video on the Root42 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Commodore 1541 disk drive that keeps spinning the motor.

2025-11-07 - 12:11:00 - Week: 45 - Item number: 13985 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Tynemouth Software - CBM 4016 Repair

Tynemouth Software has written a blog about the repair of a Commodore CBM 4016 computer. The motherboard was missing IC's, there was some damage to the PCB and the IC-sockets and a few IC's were broken.

2025-10-31 - 12:00:00 - Week: 44 - Item number: 13950 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Epictronics - DesTest C64

You can watch a new video from the Epictronics YouTube channel. In this episode the DesTest MaxSwitch, DesTest Kernal, and a test harness for the 566220 diagnostic cartridge.

2025-10-24 - 12:16:00 - Week: 43 - Item number: 13945 - Category: C64, Repair

Commodore History - 1702 Re-cap

You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this episode: Replacing all the 41 year old electrolytic capacitors in a Commodore 1702 monitor from the year 1984.

2025-10-10 - 12:15:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 13902 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Root42 - C64 & 1541 repair

You can watch a new video on the Root42 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Commodore C64 computer and a 1541 disk drive. The C64 has a black screen and the motor in the 1541 keeps spinning.

2025-09-26 - 12:03:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 13849 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Commodore Repair Toolbox (Update)

With the Commodore Repair Toolbox you can easily view schematics, zoom in/out, identify components, see chip pinouts, study datasheets, resources and various other information, helping you to diagnose and repair old hardware. The supported models are: C64 (250407 & 250425), C64c (250466) and the C128/128D (310378).

2025-09-19 - 12:14:00 - Week: 38 - Item number: 13839 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Epictronics - Amiga A1000 restoration

You can watch a new video from the Epictronics YouTube channel. In this episode the restoration of an early Amiga A1000 computer, that is already 40 years old.

2025-09-19 - 12:13:00 - Week: 38 - Item number: 13838 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Retro4u - Amiga 500+ repair

You can watch a new video on the Retro4u YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of an Amiga 500+ computer which displays a yellow screen, that was caused by a bad ROM.

2025-08-29 - 12:06:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 13767 - Category: Amiga, Repair

On this site you will find software for the AROS - Amiga Research Operating System. Feel free to post your application on The AROS Archives or browse the site for a specific application.

GadgetUK164 - Amiga A2386 repair

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of an Amiga 386 Bridgeboard (A2386).

2025-08-22 - 12:08:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 13748 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Jan Beta - C64 repair

A new YouTube video from Jan Beta is now available. In this video, Jan shows how to repair a Commodore C64 computer by looking at the symptoms, checking voltages and using a diagnostic cartridge.

2025-08-22 - 12:00:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 13740 - Category: C64, Repair

GadgetUK164 - Amiga 1200 repair

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of an Amiga 1200 computer with many faults.

2025-08-08 - 12:12:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 13711 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Geek With Social Skills - CBM 4032 restoration

You can watch a new video from the Geek With Social Skills YouTube channel. In this episode: The restoration of a CBM 4032 computer that was used in the 80s at the Alameda Unified School District. In this restoration: replacing the voltage regulators, electrolytic capacitors, IC-sockets, 2114 video RAM chips and repairing the keyboard conductive pads.

2025-08-01 - 12:03:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 13681 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Jan Beta - VIC20 repair

A new YouTube video from Jan Beta is now available. In this video, Jan shows how to repair a Commodore VIC20 computer by looking at the symptoms, checking voltages and using a diagnostic cartridge.

2025-07-25 - 12:17:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 13675 - Category: VIC-20, Repair

GadgetUK164 - Amiga disk drive repair

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Panasonic JU-253 disk drive for the Amiga A500 computer.

2025-07-18 - 12:16:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 13654 - Category: Amiga, Repair

CRG - A600 recap

A new video from the CRG YouTube channel. In this video: The replacement of the electrolytic capacitors in an Amiga A600 computer. Besides the replacing the capacitor, also a defective CIA-B and an Op-Amp were replaced.

2025-07-04 - 12:12:00 - Week: 27 - Item number: 13607 - Category: Amiga, Repair

GadgetUK164 - 1541-II repair

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Commodore 1541-II disk drive, with corrosion and missing parts.

2025-06-27 - 12:08:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 13583 - Category: C64, Repair

Arctic retro - C64 repair

You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Commodore C64 computer that has a problem with the serial IEC communication.

2025-06-20 - 12:18:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 13573 - Category: C64, Repair

Aminet is a webpage for Amiga users where you can find freely distributable Amiga software.

André Fachat - 8bit-times #34

You can now watch a new YouTube video from André Fachat. In this episode of 8-bit-times: The repair of two Commodore PET/CBM keyboards.

2025-06-06 - 12:15:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 13528 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

CRG - A600 repair

A new video from the CRG YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of an Amiga A600 computer. The problem was that the screen had some strange pixels at the sides.

2025-06-06 - 12:10:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 13523 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Adrian Black - 1084 repair

You can now watch a new YouTube video from Adrian Black. This time he is repairing a Commodore 1084 monitor.

2025-06-06 - 12:08:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 13521 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Retronaut - Amiga 3000 repair

You can watch a new video from the Retronaut YouTube channel. In this episode: The repair of an Amiga 3000 computer, that has a damaged motherboard from a leaking battery. Also, the PSU-fan and the hard-disk will be replaced.

2025-05-30 - 12:06:00 - Week: 22 - Item number: 13499 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Carlsen Electronics

Ray Carlsen is getting back to repairing Commodore 8-bit hardware. If you need help with you faulty hardware you can contact Ray, but you can also look on his website for lots of information about repairing old hardware.

2025-05-23 - 12:16:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 13489 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Arctic retro - Commodore Plus/4 repair

You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of two Commodore Plus/4 computers. One has a character fault and one shows no video output at all.

2025-05-23 - 12:11:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 13484 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Repair

Jan Beta - C64 repair

A new YouTube video from Jan Beta is now available. In this video, Jan shows how to repair a Commodore C64 computer by looking at the symptoms, checking voltages and using a diagnostic cartridge.

2025-05-23 - 12:10:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 13483 - Category: C64, Repair

Epictronics - PC10-III repair

You can watch a new video from the Epictronics YouTube channel. In this episode the repair of a Commodore PC10-III computer, that has problems after the battery leaked on the motherboard.

2025-05-09 - 12:05:00 - Week: 19 - Item number: 13437 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Commodore Repair Toolbox

With the Commodore Repair Toolbox you can easily view schematics, zoom in/out, identify components, see chip pinouts, study datasheets, resources and various other information, helping you to diagnose and repair old hardware. The supported models are: C64 (250407 & 250425), C64c (250466) and the C128/128D (310378).

2025-04-25 - 12:18:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 13406 - Category: Commodore, Repair

On this webpage you can find scanned books and articles related to the Commodore and Amiga computers.

Ken Shirriff's blog - PET2001 repair

You can read a blog from Ken Shirriff about repairing a Commodore PET2001 computer. When the computer started, the display was full of random characters. In the end, the computer had 6 bad ICs: 2 ROMs and 4 RAMs.

2025-04-18 - 12:10:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 13378 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Retrohax - Amiga 500

Retrohax has written a blog about restoring an Amiga 500 computer. He 3D printed and painted new covers for the memory expansion and the side connector, cleaned the case, keyboard, disk drive and the motherboard, replaced the keyboard-membrane and installed an 512 kB memory expansion.

2025-04-18 - 12:09:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 13377 - Category: Amiga, Repair

GadgetUK164 - VIC20 repair

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Commodore VIC20 computer.

2025-04-04 - 12:18:00 - Week: 14 - Item number: 13346 - Category: VIC-20, Repair

Iz8dwf - 1001 repair

You can now watch a new video from the Iz8dwf YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Commodore 1001 disk-drive. It is capable of storing about 1Mbyte of data on a regular 5.25" Dual Density floppy disk. The drive needed new electrolytic capacitors, a cleaning of the head and a spindle speed adjustment.

2025-03-28 - 12:14:00 - Week: 13 - Item number: 13322 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Jan Beta - C16 repair

A new YouTube video from Jan Beta is now available. In this video, Jan shows how to repair a Commodore C16 computer with a lot of problems.

2025-03-28 - 12:12:00 - Week: 13 - Item number: 13320 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Repair

Tynemouth Software - Excelerator Plus disk drive repair

Tynemouth Software has written a blog about the repair of an Excelerator Plus disk drive. The problem with this disk drive was a defective RAM-chip. After replacing the old V61C16P with a new M5M5117P the drive worked perfectly.

2025-03-21 - 12:00:00 - Week: 12 - Item number: 13285 - Category: Commodore, Repair

GadgetUK164 - C2N repair

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Commodore C2N Datassette for the Commodore VIC20 or C64 computer.

2025-03-14 - 12:06:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 13271 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Arctic retro - C64 repair

You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro YouTube channel. In this video the repair of a Commodore C64 computer that has a black screen when it is turned on.

2025-03-14 - 12:00:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 13265 - Category: C64, Repair

Hey Birt! - 2000K repair

A new video from the Hey Birt YouTube channel is now available. In this video, Birt is repairing a Commodore 2000K game console.

2025-02-14 - 12:11:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 13193 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

On this page you can find news items that are related to Commodore. Every week there are new news items. The items can also be viewed by category and there is a search function available.

CRG - A600 repair

A new video from the CRG YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of an Amiga A600 computer. The initial fault was a reset problem, but this Amiga had more problems.

2025-01-31 - 12:17:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 13156 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Reviving Retro - C64 repair

You can now watch a new video from the Reviving Retro YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Commodore C64 computer with a memory problem.

2025-01-31 - 12:16:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 13155 - Category: C64, Repair

TheRetroChannel - 1084s repair

Mark Sawicki has made a new video for his YouTube channel. In this video: Mark is repairing a Commodore 1084s monitor with a bad fly-back transformer.

2025-01-31 - 12:09:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 13148 - Category: Commodore, Repair

GadgetUK164 - Power supply repair

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of Commodore power supplies for the Commodore C128 and the Amiga computers.

2025-01-24 - 12:13:00 - Week: 4 - Item number: 13132 - Category: C128(D), Repair

Root42 - C64 repair

You can watch a new video on the Root42 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Commodore C64 computer that has multiple issues, but is working mostly. The colour on the screen is shimmering a lot though. This might be a colour RAM or PLA issue.

2025-01-24 - 12:02:00 - Week: 4 - Item number: 13121 - Category: C64, Repair