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Without checking the 68000 the best you can do is clean the socket, take some high res pics, clean the legs on the CPU and before inserting gently spread the legs slightly wider to get a better fit. With a black screen it could be anything really. Only way to be sure is to test the traces.
The Agnus controls how much chip you can handle so there isn't any other way save replacing the Agnus with a MegaChip which amounts to the same thing. Good luck finding one of those.
I get asked every day to part with the kit and I just have to say no sadly. Sorry about that.
Comment by servantes173 at 03/03/2025 at 23:24 UTC
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Nothing to be sorry about, thank you for your advise!
I did clean the socket and everything is in order on the board, I am just flabbergasted that it would not startup without the GVP, that leads me to believe that it is the 68000 is damaged, besides that, when the GVP is inserted, it works stable for days/weeks and I wonder if the 2320 or the 2000 HC I have on it is interfering with it, or it needs some jumper settings changed if the GVP, HC and 2320 are removed, I cannot find much info there.
Yeah, there are no MegaChips around, I have read that some rev's have already 1MB on board and just need a fatter agnus and a bit of work on the board, I will look into that further.
In any case, thank you for taking the time to write back, and thank you for being such a dedicated Amiga user, there are not many around anymore.