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Next to see if my sucky soldering works :)


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Works fine, yay!
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Starting to test my stash of DRAM :)

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So, currently printing :)
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rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 May 2019 22:43 So, currently printing :)
:bravo:
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Well my APC1500 UPSU keeps cutting out and going ape-sh*t-crazy :roll: . So will have to take it to bits tomorrow and see WTF is going on.. might need to get me a new one as its years old now :(

Will have to do some professional "hard calibration" tomorrow.. So if anyone sees a huge flash around Staffordshire area tomorrow afternoon....
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exxos wrote: 22 May 2019 23:22 Well my APC1500 UPSU keeps cutting out and going ape-sh*t-crazy :roll: . So will have to take it to bits tomorrow and see WTF is going on.. might need to get me a new one as its years old now :(

Will have to do some professional "hard calibration" tomorrow.. So if anyone sees a huge flash around Staffordshire area tomorrow afternoon....
I had something similar with mine, it kept cutting in and cutting out the mains, so I donated it as non-working to a friend. She found on the Internet that over time their main voltage detection sensor drifts or something similar and the firmware needs tweaking to change the threshold, or something. I've forgotten now what she said precisely. Apparently is a very common problem.
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stephen_usher wrote: 23 May 2019 06:51 I had something similar with mine, it kept cutting in and cutting out the mains, so I donated it as non-working to a friend. She found on the Internet that over time their main voltage detection sensor drifts or something similar and the firmware needs tweaking to change the threshold, or something. I've forgotten now what she said precisely. Apparently is a very common problem.
Mine has the "all lights flashing" issue. The fans run full pelt and oddly it seems to drain 3 bars from the battery for no reason. But it stops outputting power so have to turn it off and on again to get it to output power again.

Looking on forums people seem to think its a "AVR relay" the problem does seem common. Though I don't know if they literally mean a relay, as that would be a easy thing to change.

I will see if I can do something with the firmware first.
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exxos wrote: 22 May 2019 22:52
rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 May 2019 22:43 So, currently printing :)
:bravo:
Not impressed, the print job stopped about 2 hours in for some reason. At first I thought my print server had rebooted, but no. No logs as to why it stopped either. Need to print it again now :(
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That sucks. Have had the same, longest print I've done is 6 hours, notvsure I date do anything longer
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exxos wrote: 21 May 2019 13:16
rubber_jonnie wrote: 21 May 2019 13:12 Will they be going in your shop or reserved for your own PSUs?
They will be going in my shop shortly. They are intended for my own PSU's (bit shorter than the originals).
Damn me and my weak will, I just fed Harry again, 2 PSU leads and an IDE interface.....

I am so weak and have no will of my own......
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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