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  • 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…

    ... to where I can start fault finding (the 7805 has been ...
    reanimator reanimator June 2011 Hardware
  • Spectrum & Commodore 128DSpectrum 128+2B with power supply & scart cable ?20 + p&p Spectrum 48K ( Rubber ) with composite video conversion, Divide loaded with games on CF c…

    ... the internal drive has a fault - it will not load any ...
    daznic daznic July 2011 Sales
  • Disc rotThis is happening to me more commonly,despite taking care of cd's/dvd's they decide not to play all sudden,i don't bother using the data recovery sof…

    ... make sure its not a fault in the drive itself.
    JACK98 JACK98 August 2011 Chit chat
  • My shameful pastI got a 16K Spectrum from Santa via Smiths in 1982. When the 48k came down to the same price, I prized the keyboard apart and took it back showing t…

    ... it back showing the evident fault and got a refund then ...
    mickmog mickmog August 2011 Games
  • BBC Micro - Whats it worth these days?I'm thinking of selling on of my BBC Micros, and ebay seems to show a drop in value in recent months. Is this the usual summer slump, or credit crunc…

    ... , my BBC micro has a fault but looks excellent and comes ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk August 2011 Chit chat
  • FFS... (the ignorance of modern youth)Sorry for the foul acronym, but I was just talking to a bloke I work with, and I mentioned that Bob Hope's widow had just passed away, and he asked m…

    ... it's not really his fault (you almost never see black ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2011 Chit chat
  • +3 sound and mic outputI own a +3 since 198... dunno, it was hard to get it that's all I remember. The thing is it never saved on tape correctly. I read years ago it may be…

    ... it may be a factory fault.

    Now I'm ...
    Juanma Juanma September 2011 Hardware
  • Did you have a favourite/hated game genre?Tried a quick forum search but couldn't see anything specific on this. Thinking of the YS top 100 thread, it struck me that growing up with the spec…

    ... , JSW, Chuckie Egg - couldn't fault 'em
    [B]Beat 'em ...
    Morkin Morkin September 2011 Games
  • Dead Spectrum SocietySo I'm getting back into real Sinclair computers rather than emulators. During the summer months I was lucky enough to buy a working ZX81 and was giv…

    ... computers much in terms of fault finding.
    absinthe_boy absinthe_boy October 2011 Hardware
  • Vintage Reel to Reel Woes. - Repair Advice Please.So some of you may recall I brought a Tandberg Series 94 reel to reel tape recorder which is circa 1963. When I plugged it in I could not get much o…

    ... years. Firstly to isolate the fault I shorted the wiper wire ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk October 2011 Chit chat
  • Boiler brokeGot up this morning and the house was freezing, the heating was supposed to be on timer but when i went to the boiler there was a fault code on the L…

    ... the boiler there was a fault code on the LCD display ...
    zx1 zx1 October 2011 Chit chat
  • +2B/+3 flash boardsAfter a recent surge in demand there are now only three of these boards left* from the batch I had made. Once they're gone they're gone unless I can …

    ... one of has an unknown fault and two are being held ...
    guesser guesser November 2011 Sales
  • PC Demo's?A while ago I had a few bookmarks for PC Demo sites, however failure on my own part to backup correctly lead me to losing them due to a HD failure (y…

    ... (yeah I know... my own fault etc) DUH!

    Does ...
    SKR SKR November 2011 Chit chat
  • An apology to Mark Jones and David and Anna from The Attic BugI've wanted to post this for a week, but I'd involved a moderator because I wanted to have the thread locked right away and they were going to vote o…

    ... , that it was all my fault and that say I'm ...
    Sokurah Sokurah November 2011 Chit chat
  • MyHermes can **** my *****! I want my stuff back!I am royally p****d at this, and i'll apologise in advance for ranting... [QUOTE=Live Chat with P2G Support]Please wait for an operator to respond. …

    ... item was lost through no fault of my own, or indeed ...
    TechnicianSi TechnicianSi November 2011 Chit chat
  • Technical Help Forums - Am I expecting too much?A common problem I observe when on technical forums for programming questions is arrogance. I really hate it when you ask e a simple question, but …

    ... more verbose solutions, whilst not addressing the original problem.

    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk November 2011 Chit chat
  • BBC Model B, Tape Deck & GamesNeed to offload my BBC, with games and books. Financial reasons unfortunately, but I refuse point blank to let my ANY of my Speccy stuff go, so gues…

    ... , which is faulty. However, the fault is with the capacitors on ...
    TechnicianSi TechnicianSi December 2011 Sales
  • How to use Spectaculator 7.01 for BASIC ?It does not work for me. Problems with the keyboard - in 48 and 128 Mode. Nor can I move downwards with the "Down-Arrow" from: 128 TAPE LOADER 128 BA…

    ... it seems to be some fault with the keyboard.
    However ...
    Tommy F-H Tommy F-H December 2011 Emulators
  • Issue 2 voltage troubleDear all, I got my hands on an old issue 2 from a friend. Price was close to zero so I did not hesitate to take it. After powering it up I was sur…

    ... success. Next guess was some fault in the video circuit but ...
    maskenlos maskenlos December 2011 Hardware
  • Faulty Multiface 1Hello... I have a MF1 that doesn't work. You press the red button and nothing happens... It is not my spectrum's M1 line because MF128 works fine on …

    ... fine on it so the fault is on the actual MF1 ...
    gtsamour gtsamour December 2011 Hardware
  • Guide 2: Resurrect dead microdrive cartridges!Hi again, I've just made another little guide: [url]http://www.mutant-caterpillar.co.uk/guides/Resurrect_Microdrive/[/url] If, like me, you have a…

    ... microdrive, it's not my fault. :)
    Spirantho Spirantho December 2011 Hardware
  • faultyi have a zx48 that will not tune in it allways seems to be just out of tune what could cause this fault also half of the keyboard doesnot work there …

    ... tune what could cause this fault also half of the keyboard ...
    ozzyzx ozzyzx December 2011 Hardware
  • +3 faultIve just been and dug my +3 ouf from the loft and plugged it in to be greeted by the menu and loader screen and a hum almost buzz at a low frequency …

    Ive just been and dug my +3 ouf from the loft and plugged it in to be greeted by the menu and loader screen and a hum almost buzz at a low frequency from the tv speaker.
    The munu bar doesnt move when I press a key but the buzzing stops, and I cant ...
    Marshall Marshall January 2012 Hardware
  • Faulty Interface one, IF1Dear all, as I have already mentioned in a different thread my IF1 stopped working for no special reason. I went through the service manual and chec…

    ... I did not find the fault and I do not know ...
    maskenlos maskenlos January 2012 Hardware
  • 48K Spectrum - or repairI just got a massive bundle of new old stock games which I need to try. Problem is some of them won't load on my +3 (it's always been rather picky). …

    ... reckon there's a memory fault as games crash when loaded ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 January 2012 Wanted
  • Faulty rubber speccy - advice neededHello all speccy hardware gurus :) Recently I moved to a new flat and after a long time have some space (and time) to dig out my old Speccy hardware…

    ... one of them causing the fault. The result was the same ...
    deckard deckard January 2012 Hardware
  • This &*%@ is really putting me off of eBay!!!Having serious issues getting a seller to send me an item. Have been extremelly patient, waiting two weeks and trying to arrange her postage for her…

    ... it's not really my fault that you don't have ...
    TechnicianSi TechnicianSi February 2012 Chit chat
  • DivIDE hardware problem...Hi Have a DivIDE on my +3e In +3e (flash upgrade) mode it's fine, however in DivIDE mode it is not... FATWare shows the logo then just sits there …

    ... />
    Any ideas what the fault might be? it used to ...
    Hideki Hideki February 2012 Hardware
  • Strange annoying CD burning (even virtual disc image burning) problemLong story: Recently my desktop started to burn DVD-Rs with errors. I.e. when I tried to burn a DVD-R full of data from my torrents folder (TV episo…

    ... the hard drive was at fault.


    Short story ... physical memory has developed a fault (not likely, but I have ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2012 Chit chat
  • 128k to Scart RGB Leads on Ebay.I started this thread as my other one was not getting any attention. Recently, I brought a 128k and +2 (grey) to scart connector on Ebay from Cool N…

    ... must be incompatible or at fault, so they volunteered to refund ... 'm not sure what the fault was, my hardware or their ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk March 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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