SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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It could have been worse...

Glad you managed to fix the issue.

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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! (SOLVED)

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final and summarized post:

Bad soldering joint on the IC sockets
ZuluSCSI-RP2040 is blocking the booting sequence after the RAM test when the SpeedyTT is in 48Mhz mode.
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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! (SOLVED)

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zfrenchy wrote: 18 Jan 2026 01:56 final and summarized post:

Bad soldering joint on the IC sockets
ZuluSCSI-RP2040 is blocking the booting sequence after the RAM test when the SpeedyTT is in 48Mhz mode.
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I'm afraid I don't understand you...

So does your Speedy work fine after all your fixes ?

What other expansions have you fitted in your TT ?

Do everything just work as it should without your SCSI interface ?
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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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Yes, everything work without the ZuluSCSI installed
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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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And don't you have an IDE drive (provided you got a Thunder IDE from the ThunderStorm team) ?
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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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Yes I have it, not installed yet.
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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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Then fit it and check if IDE works.
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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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FYI that's most likely a software issue (zulu not working) I have TT, Speedy, both my IDE and SCSI work fine (I use a Bluescsi)
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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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Steve wrote: 18 Jan 2026 12:38 I have TT, Speedy, both my IDE and SCSI work fine (I use a Bluescsi)
Same here.
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