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  • Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …

    ... have suspected ram fault (coloured flashing blocks). I first burnt your test ... that it can check whole 128k ? And what is the meaning ...
    Timppa Timppa September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • RFC: Hardware Documentation ProjectI've noticed quite a few threads recently about missing schematics and suchlike. I've also been thinking about the low quality of some of the schemat…

    ... [/url]

    Forcing a 128K/+2 grey computer to boot ... -blog/16-inacetes-faulty-spectrum-flashing-blocks-but-not-because-ula-cpu ... a colour video on a 128K heatsink, and adding audio to ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix March 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy Tunning ProblemHi all, I've just acquired a 1982 series 2 Spectrum 48K boxed in mint condition the only thing missing is the demo tape. Anyway tried to tune it in …

    ... displayed a series of coloured flashing blocks or just a line of ...
    uncleclives uncleclives February 2007 Hardware
  • +2B ram chips?Hi all, I have got 2 Plus2B`s and 1 Plus2 gray case. Ok the one Plus2B don`t work, so I tried to see if I could pin down the problem. I changed the …

    ... Plus2B on I get coloured blocks, if I reset it I ... a multi coloured screen with flashing blocks.
    Its usually the same ...
    swift240 swift240 June 2007 Hardware
  • Divide Plus, +3e ROMS and Residos - computer locks upHello all I have Divide + and Spectrum +3 with +3e ROMS (v 1.37) I have read RWAP software's Divide Plus user manual and on page 9 of the manual it…

    ... the above command is purple flashing blocks and some lines of corruption ...
    Hercules Hercules August 2009 Hardware
  • Upgrading 16k MemoryHi All I have a fully working issue 2 16k spectrum and a broken issue3 48k spectrum (It's showing the black and white bars and some flashing blocks)…

    ... and white bars and some flashing blocks). I was wondering if I ...
    wozname wozname December 2010 Hardware
  • 2 48K speccys dead..Hey guys! I've got two of our rubbery friends with me that need some help. They've been like this for some time, but I would like to try and fix th…

    ... that happened, it started showing flashing blocks and things like that, so ...
    Diogo Diogo February 2011 Hardware
  • rubber key Spectrum 48k problem :(when i plug the spectrum in all i get is a black screen with a red border and sometimes flashing blocks. the spectrum worked until about 20 mins ago…

    ... a red border and sometimes flashing blocks.

    the spectrum worked ...
    reanimator reanimator June 2011 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum not working... issue 4S?Hi, I've bought a "new" broken ZX Spectrum +. The idea was to put an harlequin board inside, but for the moment I'm trying to put it in working order…

    ... symptons are dark image with flashing blocks. Lookin inside, I've discovered ...
    Zup Zup February 2012 Hardware
  • Help reviving a 128 +2 GreyHello m8s, my turn to ask for some help with a +2 Grey. Got it for spares as I do have a working one but I could not resist to try and fix it. As us…

    ... a white screen with some flashing blocks, seamed like a memory problem ...
    Pluto63 Pluto63 April 2013 Hardware
  • Grey Spectrum 128+2 Is mine dead??Having a nice session of 128+2 playing this evening and as I was playing Paperboy I noticed a few graphical glitches that had not occured before, the…

    ... the screen filled with lines, flashing blocks etc, I reset again but ... signal but apart from a flashing block show my beloved machine ...
    sidney sidney January 2014 Hardware
  • Cleaning a Currah microslot,Odd one this, I guess... For my main spectrum (my original 16k Issue 3 upgraded to 48k and put into a + case), I am hoping to set up the following c…

    ... gets scrambled, usually with coloured flashing blocks over a slightly garbled Sinclair ...
    Simon_Carr Simon_Carr January 2014 Hardware
  • Simple Question! RAM InterfaceI was messing around on my spectrum yesterday and blew it up! Im sure it has to do with the RAM joystick interface I bought but hadn't tested. Is the…

    ... , all I got was the flashing blocks ( and that's all ive ...
    Taylod1974 Taylod1974 June 2014 Hardware
  • Afera, a library for Abersoft ForthI've published a [url=http://programandala.net/en.program.afera.html]library for Abersoft Forth[/url]. It's called Afera. I wrote it some months ago…

    ... RAM-disks on Spectrum 128K.
    [*] Improved blocks handling.
    [*] Full screen ...
    programandala.net programandala.net December 2015 Development
  • Dead issue 3b with black and white barsHi all, I've been donated an issue 3b which has some nice black and white bars with a few flashing blocks. I've done a few RAM tests and could spo…

    ... white bars with a few flashing blocks. I've done a few ...
    Jet5y Jet5y December 2015 Hardware
  • Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…

    ... on screen other than coloured flashing blocks and crash.
    I`ve ...
    FrankT FrankT November 2006 Development
  • On a 48K issue 6A......how can i isolate the 32K block? I want to test if there is any fault on the 4116's , leaving the 4532's out of the equation. Will removing the …

    ... froze. some 3 or 4 flashing blocks appeared and it stood like ...
    odious odious March 2007 Hardware
  • I blew up my +3I'm still not sure of what happened (most probably a wrongly inserted interface) but I blew up my +3. What happens when I turn on the power or press …

    ... to pinpoint cause of a "flashing blocks" symptom. --yet I'm not ...
    Arda Arda November 2008 Hardware
  • not much gear and absolutley no ideaIm looking for some help with two spectrums that i have just dug out of storage and are both unfortunatley faulty. I had always regreted that during …

    the second one has multicoloured flashing blocks when its turned on. I ... would give the same multicoloured blocks on screen but im sure ...
    1980-20.. 1980-20.. June 2009 Hardware
  • Issue 65 of Scene+As I understand that some programmers wants to be informed if their programs were distributed on our disk magazine, here is a list what will be on ne…

    ... colour combinations, invisible enemies and flashing blocks all over the place. Are ...
    jonathan jonathan August 2010 Development
  • Issue 65 of Scene+As I understand that some programmers wants to be informed if their programs were distributed on our disk magazine, here is a list what will be on ne…

    ... colour combinations, invisible enemies and flashing blocks all over the place. Are ...
    Speccyman Speccyman August 2010 Development
  • Strange composite modGot an issue 2 in today, opened it up and saw a rather odd composite mod had already been done on it; [url=http://postimg.org/image/amm6ygxkx/][img]h…

    ... on bank 2, I get flashing blocks on boot but the ram ...
    Macc Macc May 2013 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum + Please help!I wonder if anyone can help? I purchased a ZX Spectrum + from a Car Boot Sale last year, boxed, with games and leads. The problem is, it won't tune i…

    ... mix of random coloured (some flashing) blocks is a typical symptom of ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK January 2014 Hardware
  • +2 Grey video issueSo far ive replaced TR4, TR5 (and correctly orientated them) and seperated the audio from the video, still I have this; [youtube]mZZWOXRs_Zk[/youtube…

    ... this time but lots of flashing blocks. But hey, probably memory but ...
    Macc Macc February 2014 Hardware
  • Issue 3 Speccy, Grey ScreenHi, Just purchased a "working" Issue 3 Speccy 48k from Ebay. Except it's not working. All I get is a grey screen, no Sinclair copyright text, no cli…

    ... before and usually you get flashing blocks or a black screen perhaps ...
    chinnyhill10 chinnyhill10 March 2014 Hardware
  • Poorly Issue One 16k spectrum diagnosis?Hello, everyone. :smile: I was lucky enough to buy an Issue One 16k rubber key the other week; I didn't know it was an Issue One till I opened it up…

    ... in the Spectrum, a garbage flashing blocks screen appears. When I use ...
    Trafferth Trafferth August 2014 Hardware
  • Help with 128k greyHello friends, need some help here on try fixing a +2 grey spectrum128. To keep it short, opened the case and the voltage regulator was missing, the …

    ... a grey border with some flashing blocks or a white border and ...
    Pluto63 Pluto63 October 2014 Hardware
  • SDCC DivuIntwhen I divide an integer sdcc wants to import a function called divuint I think it used to be in z80.lib but now it doesnt seem to be in there. Im …

    ... but it crashes with some flashing blocks

    my machine code ...
    slenkar slenkar February 2015 Development
  • SDCC DivuIntwhen I divide an integer sdcc wants to import a function called divuint I think it used to be in z80.lib but now it doesnt seem to be in there. Im …

    ... but it crashes with some flashing blocks

    my machine code ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2015 Development
  • Trying to repair a Speccy 48k - No PulsingI've had this machine for ages. I'd I've been putting off fixing it for some time now. So a couple of days ago I pulled it apart and started prob…

    ... a screen of garbage, with flashing blocks.
    ...so thats progress!
    nama nama August 2017 Hardware
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