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WTF? New HD crashes after 1 week!FFS, I've had enough of hard drives. My new one has crashed after only a week. Again, it's during the unrarring of a large 4 gig file which was dow…
... -odd motherboards) but if the bad caps caused the Maxtor drives early ... -
Buzzy Crackles in my Speaker and loss of USB HD.I have recently been hearing intermittent electrical interference in the build in speakers of my monitor which are not connected as the sound goes to…
... power supply might have bad caps.
Bad capacitors lead to an ... ripple when the capacitors go bad - put an oscilloscope on the ... with a PSU that has bad caps and you'll notice a ... -
grrr The Capacitor PlagueI'm getting fed up of The Capacitor Plague. If you don't know what this is, I'll tell you the result. Your computer stops working. Sometimes, it won'…
... nice and warm is a bad idea. Clustered around a CPU ... ? Within a batch there are caps that will last for decades ... damage and a couple of bad caps amongst maybe a dozen of ... -
The components of death!One problem thats slowly rearing its head these days,is our beloved machines like amiga are slowly suffering from battery or capicator leak,it is not…
... their boards?.[/QUOTE]
Bad capacitors are about the easiest ... cheaply - it won't be bad caps that forces everyone to move ... series resistance goes up, both bad things for the job they ... -
The components of death!One problem thats slowly rearing its head these days,is our beloved machines like amiga are slowly suffering from battery or capicator leak,it is not…
[QUOTE=Winston;468045]Bad capacitors are about the easiest ... cheaply - it won't be bad caps that forces everyone to move ... series resistance goes up, both bad things for the job they ... due with acid inside the caps,which rot if left idle ... -
Computer repair questionAn ewgf-style post: I'm usually able to find my way around things, search online for solutions and a few other things, but this time I'm unsure of w…
... bets are off. If caps are bad, you can have ... good mobo you could exchange caps (exchange [I]any[/I ... the power supply - check caps in there too, and ... needed.
Most bad caps I've seen were in ... as there's un-fixed bad caps problem - that only gets ... -
Computer repair questionAn ewgf-style post: I'm usually able to find my way around things, search online for solutions and a few other things, but this time I'm unsure of w…
... CPU? :-? ).
A possible bad caps problem on the mobo wasn ... -
Op-amp question for the more knowledgeable tech headI have a dual op-amp IC in a 9 pin SIL package. Pin 1 and 9 are Vcc as marked on the datasheet. The internal schematic as supplied on the datasheet…
... electrolytics, and two mylar (1n5) caps - the only original cap on ... zener diode, a handful of caps and resistors and that's ... pre-recorded tape. That screams "bad caps" to me, yet they are ... -
48k ProblemsBought in a 48k at work just before christmas. Nice machine, boxed (box has seen better days) and i'm presuming it's an issue 1 machine (001-596759.…
Sounds like lower RAM and bad caps.
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48k ProblemsBought in a 48k at work just before christmas. Nice machine, boxed (box has seen better days) and i'm presuming it's an issue 1 machine (001-596759.…
[QUOTE=DEATH;812695]Sounds like lower RAM and bad caps.
Test voltages and report back..[/QUOTE]
But also a ROM failure or a 32K RAM bank failure, since it goes past the RAM test routine and prints the copyright message. -
Help with TV repairHi spec-chums. I'm looking for some help with a repair I'm doing on a Polaroid P40LED13 TV. It's problems are there is no picture at all, no backligh…
... . Yes my first idea was bad caps. Very common failure on these ... -
video quality issue on 48k machine after composite modHello! I just bought an 48k spectrum and did the composite mod. Unfortunately it did not end up as good as i hoped for. The screen after reset looks …
... typical of C44/C45 being bad (100uf caps used to smooth the ... Spectrum is particularly sensitive to bad caps, especially in the voltage converter ... not confident ordering the replacement caps yourself.
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Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... ) ! Some things we replace the caps on/for because they are ... power up an Opus with bad caps on it . It there are ... -
ZX Spectrum issue 4B acquiredI recently acquired a ZX Spectrum with serial number 138-363292 on the case, and a 1983 issue 4B board I got it for the purpose of repair. and have…
... again once i get the caps installed, i want to eliminate ... readings i might get from bad caps.
I have considered the ... -
Bad (new) 100uF caps causing video disturbanceJust to let you know about one of my small experiences: I had a couple of 48K boards I was refurbishing: new electrolytic caps, composite video, te…
... I was refurbishing: new electrolytic caps, composite video, testing with several ... /> I always replace all electrolytic caps from those boards nowadays.
ZX Spectrum Issue 2 - 12V badHey there, I'm currently attempting to fix a ZX Spectrum issue 2 that I recieved. Overall the machine was generally working when I recieved it, bu…
... out the 12V line is bad (along with 1 74LS157 - causing ... . I've already swapped all caps, verified R58/R59, replaced D15 ... safe to assume TR6 is bad?
PSU I'm using ...Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game.
There are 63 points available this time.
You can either email your completed answers (along ...[NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0Hi everyone, Finally managed to finish it... enjoy! --- [NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0 Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs runnin…
... UK keyboard also responds as CAPS SHIFT.
o Implemented ... have any feedback (good or bad), feature
requests, improvements, bug ...Games so bad you enjoy themThere are a handful of games so laughably and utterly bad, that I actually enjoy playing them: [I]Los Angeles SWAT, East Enders, Pit-Fighter, Sabrina…
... games so laughably and utterly bad, that I actually enjoy playing ...Changes that would have made a bad game goodA posting about technician ted beign far too hard to be playable got me thinking - what changes could have been made to existing games to make them b…
... better, or even turn a bad game into a good one ...Good/Bad Games RatioHi folks, What is your general feeling about all the games you've ever played on Spectrum, how many good games have you found compared to bad ones (…
... you found compared to bad ones (with bad ones I mean games ... you personally found uninteresting, had bad playability etc.)
Thinking ... different games, my good games/bad games ratio would have been ...Bad conversions from other platformsThe most disappointing of these for me was Loco (Alligata Software). The original on the C64 was a really challenging and cute game. I think the soun…
... thoughts on this or other bad conversions from other platforms?Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? Are you Happy with yours?Hello, Are you happy with your Spectrum +2 using RF? Does it give satisfactory picture. Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? If s…
... Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output?
If ... />
Do I have a bad +2 ?! or all they all ...Very Bad NewsHi all I'm posting this here because I know some of you care.. On Thursday night/Friday morning, Amy had a really bad nightmare and it really shot …
... morning, Amy had a really bad nightmare and it really shot ...Bad Loading Screens or In-game ScreenshotsI am opening this thread to fix some screenshots (loading screens or in-game screens)that are bad or have something wrong, like corrupted sprites. F…
... in-game screens)that are bad or have something wrong, like ...Good games, bad inlaysI'm referring to those great games with bad inlays: those inlays that doesn't measure up to their respective games. One example: [I]Saboteur[/I]. I …
... to those great games with bad inlays: those inlays that doesn ... talk about great inlays & bad games, but I think it ...Insane string of bad luckWhat a horrendous past 3 months. :cry: All my computers died (including WoS), 2 of my guinea pigs died, my holidays got canceled and tonight my DVD p…
Bad news for true science fiction fans...Terrible news. The BBC has aparently commissioned some new episodes of Blakes 7. Blakes 7, for those of you who've missed it, is arguably the great…
... slow to start, had some bad episodes, and the fourth (last ...ZX48K bad videoI have 48K with bad RF video output: [URL="http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/28/1218776/Amiga/ZX48K_IMG_1219_up.jpg"]photo[/URL] It seems to work o…
I have 48K with bad RF video output: [URL="http:// ...
