Fixing Other People's Bad Repairs (Again)

This episode is sponsored by PCBWay https://www.pcbway.com Fixing computers is hard enough. But fixing computers other people tried to fix and failed... that's the stuff of nightmares and this is a perfect example of that. Support Noel's Retro Lab on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NoelsRetroLab You can also support Noel's Retro Lab on YouTube by joining this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2-SP1bYi3ueKlVU7I75wFw/join Tools I used: - Bench power supply https://amzn.to/3PdKdh4 - TOPDON thermal camera (iOS) https://amzn.to/45jFMa1 - TOPDON thermal camera (Android) https://amzn.to/45BYGZm - Hantek oscilloscope https://amzn.to/3Ew2wYJ - Amstrad diagnostics ROM https://github.com/llopis/amstrad-diagnostics Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:32 Power 01:06 Inspection 03:11 Voltages 04:07 Temperature 09:23 Signals 14:49 Stuck test 19:53 CRTC? 26:11 ROM 31:46 Final touches Music tracks: Funky Stars by McKlain https://mcklain.bandcamp.com/track/funky-stars-amstrad-cpc-true-8bit-version Ba