Amiga Next-Gen Build

A project chain focused on modern Amiga-style hardware, repair work, and getting the platform into usable shape.

Amiga next-gen build: 1 Sam440ep

6 May 2025

Amiga is a name of a computer and Operating System of the 80's and early 90's before a slow self-destruction in various ways, however it never really ever died. This build use a much more recent custom ITX board and some nice…

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Amiga next-gen build: 2 motherboard repair & power supply

10 January 2026

I'm no stranger to the capacitor plague and effects of them failing. Wasn't planning of repair/change of power supply a second time on this machine however. Time to replace parts on the actual motherboard. Seems the caps and/or regulator on this motherboard…

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Amiga Next-Gen Build: 2 Motherboard repair & power supply

The second Amiga Next-Gen Build entry chases heat-related instability through motherboard repair and power-supply suspicion.
PC Water Cooling: Maintenance

PC water cooling can pay off in noise and performance, but this maintenance pass shows what growth and clogging eventually look like.
Saving Monitors: Leaky capacitors

A quick repair example showing how leaking capacitors can bring old monitors back to life for very little cost.
Dumble Overdrive Special: 1 Head & Circuit

An introduction to the Dumble Overdrive Special build, why the original amplifiers are legendary, and what makes the project worth chasing.
Homelab: 2 Tiny 24 Core virtualization Computation with hacked hardware

A compact homelab build using repurposed server CPUs and hacked hardware to create a tiny 24-core virtualization machine.