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  • Noisy display faultI've been given an Issue 3 48K Speccy PCB which is in good working order except the main display area has slight changes of shade loosely following a…

    ... working order except the main display area has slight changes of ...
    Laser Laser June 2006 Hardware
  • Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …

    ... it. Sadly it suffered a display fault after 2 weeks where the ... , and it was an ex-display model.
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum January 2016 Games
  • Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…

    ... eBay as it had a display fault. Maybe someone in the community ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum February 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Replacing lower RAM 4116 ZX Spectrum 48k - desoldering advice please?A long post, but interesting pictures perhaps. :) I'd like some advice: (also apologies I think I picked the wrong 'Hardware' category for this, plea…

    ... on myself. It has a display fault very similar to yours where ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum September 2017 Hardware
  • Spectrum 128k advice neededHi, I'm new to this forum and the spectrum world. I have this spectrum "toastrack" that was working fine until today. It doesn't boot anymore, it s…

    ... , and whats causing the stripey display fault.
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum July 2020 Hardware
  • Spectrum +3 suspected memory faultHi, I've been using my +3 for the first time in a while and found that some games have problems with the display becoming corrupted and sometimes cr…

    ... games have problems with the display becoming corrupted and sometimes crash ... if the memory is at fault, and which chip?

    JohnH JohnH November 2009 Hardware
  • Difficult to find upper RAM fault.I've recently repaired an issue 3B 48K Spectrum that had a tricky to diagnose upper RAM fault, so I thought I'd post a report of what I found here. …

    ... tricky to diagnose upper RAM fault, so I thought I ... . This usually indicates a fault with the upper RAM or ... is what causes the black display with thin red vertical ... unable to find any fault by testing from BASIC.< ... I couldn't reveal the fault from BASIC. I can ...
    Zorn Zorn April 2012 Hardware
  • Video fault on issue two ZX boardI've trawled the Internet and drawn a few blanks as to where to look to resolve the fault with my issue two board. I'm hoping a few of you knowledgea…

    ... to look to resolve the fault with my issue two board ... 's just a very poor display output which I hope means ... anything similar sounding? Perhaps a fault on the LM1889N?

    Wiggs Wiggs September 2014 Hardware
  • Spectrum Plus 2 display issueMy trust plus 2 is working fine, loading games from tape etc. Suddenly the video output has gone black, with a faint outline of the main elements of…

    ... the main elements of the display, looks like no brightness or ... assume the spectrum is at fault

    Any idea as ...
    robpearmain robpearmain January 2020 Hardware
  • Microdrive fault.I guess some of you may know this... My microdrive has a problem: the motor starts running as soon as I plug the computer in, and won't stop! It is …

    ... is not the interface's fault, as it behaves the same ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi April 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Custom display modesAre there any spectrum emulators out there which can use different display modes in the same way that AdvanceMAME does? Or better yet, Arcade Monitor…

    Are there any spectrum emulators out there which can use different display modes in the same way that AdvanceMAME does? Or better yet, Arcade Monitor (ie NTSC) drivers for Win98?
    AndyHerbert AndyHerbert July 2002 Emulators
  • Spectrum +3 fault - flashing screen on power onHi ive just bought a +3 When I power it on the power led and disk drive led come on. The screen just flashes black and white around the border, almos…

    ... ideas as to what the fault is?

    ta ...
    mlasham mlasham December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Full-screen display problem with SPINI'm using a PC with an "extreme graphics" on-board intel video card and SPIN (which is a perfectly good emulator in all other respects) has issues wi…

    ... either giving me a garbled display or giving me the "error ...
    Zagreb Zagreb June 2004 Emulators
  • Spectrum monitor display questionsLike most people, I never played the Spectrum with anything other than a standard TV with rf connection to get my picture. For other computers of the…

    ... were the differences in the display between the two? Which do ...
    Spector Spector November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • NVidia Display drivers - fuk!n up my system - need help!Hello. Im having problems with video card drivers. My graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 64MB. I downloaded the latest (or tried the older) dri…

    ... , which is one of nvidia display drivers files. So 85% the ...
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 October 2005 Chit chat
  • The Ultimate Ultimate Play The Game Display Cabinet ?Hi, Here is my finished display cabinet for my ultimate play the game spectrum collection. The Cabinet is from:Baileys Display Cabinets and Cases and…

    ... ,
    Here is my finished display cabinet for my ultimate play ... /> The Cabinet is from:Baileys Display Cabinets and Cases and was ...
    gargoyle67 gargoyle67 December 2005 Games
  • my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…

    ... white/black barring across the display output (under which the menu ... well, with only one particular fault, a dodgy RF output. i ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace May 2006 Hardware
  • Noisy 2A displaymy 2A gives a fairly good display until it has to generate sound or other cpu work, which interferes with the signal, giving some "cloudy" effects …

    ... 2A gives a fairly good display until it has to generate ...
    cdjgroup cdjgroup July 2006 Hardware
  • Screenshot display per default?Now that we have a good amount of screenshots available (as well as draw some more attention to it as a side effect), how does the WoS populace think…

    ... populace think about turning screenshot display on for the archive lists ...
    mheide mheide October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Black paper, white border. Ram fault?We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working o…

    We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working one, and we got the same result.

    is this a ram fault? How can we check ram chips?
    Arda Arda December 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum +3 Problem & A Modification IdeaThis is a dual post. And it's also my first post, so I apologise if I get stuff wrong lol. My mate bought a Spectrum +3. I'm unsure about how many d…

    ... up, but there is no display on the T.V. I ... TV output card thats at fault. But, I've bought a ...
    bzr_wolfetone bzr_wolfetone February 2007 Hardware
  • Reason for strange display layout?I have always wondered if there is any technical reason behind the strange layout of the display file or why did Sinclair choose to do it this way?

    I have always wondered if there is any technical reason behind the strange layout of the display file or why did Sinclair choose to do it this way?
    Rickard Rickard April 2007 Development
  • Running code from the display memory?Is it possible to run machine code from the memory area used by the display file? If you were really out of memory and some part of screen is not u…

    ... memory area used by the display file?

    If you ... , load some code in the display area and run it like ...
    Rickard Rickard May 2007 Development
  • Hardware fault - HELP!I bought a speccy 48K (rubber) on Ebay. I was delighted when it arrived. It was in PRISTINE condition, it looks brand new! However, the machine has a…

    ... ! However, the machine has a fault. The seller has no idea ... that the machine has a fault, so I'm reluctant to ... condition...

    So, the fault? Well, SOME of the keys ... conclude the hardware is at fault. A couple of questions:
    Mark Wills Mark Wills February 2008 Hardware
  • The Sacred Armour of AntiriadOK, this is ToxieDogg's fault, because I said TSAOA was toss and got called unclean in return. Here's the thing. The thing: I've tried various TZX …

    OK, this is ToxieDogg's fault, because I said TSAOA was ... one of them seems to display the status bar as displayed ...
    Vertigo Vertigo July 2008 Games
  • Screen display at resetJust something for curiosity: When the Spectrum is reseted by for example NEW a very typical screen is shortly displayed. [IMG]http://i33.tinypic.c…

    ... of memory that is the display?

    Or is it ...
    Rickard Rickard September 2009 Development
  • Spectrum 48k Fault - anybody seen this before?Hello, I have two 48k spectrums that exhibit the same fault. Black border, paper area is full of columns of wavey lines. I have posted a screen sho…

    ... spectrums that exhibit the same fault. Black border, paper area is ... anybody seen this kind of fault before that could let me ...
    zx2628 zx2628 November 2009 Hardware
  • Sinclair guarantee cardgot one inside a hobbit box i got in a free speccy collection, just wondered if its for the speccy or not. dont think its for the hobbit (theres also…

    ... with nature of fault (SAVE/LOAD; cosmetic defects, keyboard, display etc)
    mel the bell mel the bell May 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Timex 1500 display modIs it possible to mod the timex 1500 RF to display at 50hz on a uk tv set?.

    Is it possible to mod the timex 1500 RF to display at 50hz on a uk tv set?.
    JACK98 JACK98 October 2010 Hardware
  • Issue 2 Speccy faultHi Guys, I'm really hoping someone can help me with a fault that has just developed on my issue 2 speccy. After perservering for some time with usi…

    ... can help me with a fault that has just developed on ...
    pasty72 pasty72 December 2010 Hardware
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