Looking at a Faulty Mega SGTE

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UnderTheRain
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Looking at a Faulty Mega SGTE

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Hi I was asked to look at a faulty Mega STE motherboard which has a couple of faults and just for fun I thought I'd take some pictures at work and thought I'd share. A Mega as you might not of seen one before.

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ABOVE - See the broken track between two sim sockets (one has been removed)


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ABOVE - Inside the 68000


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ABOVE - Inside the 68882

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Re: Looking at a Faulty Mega SGTE

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I'm not sure why the 68k image has doubled it was only appearing once my end? The 68882 is the bottom image.

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Re: Looking at a Faulty Mega SGTE

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Some more shots

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And a ribbon cable

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Again not sure why the first image is duplicated
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Re: Looking at a Faulty Mega SGTE

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UnderTheRain wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:36 am I'm not sure why the 68k image has doubled it was only appearing once my end? The 68882 is the bottom image.

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You'd added the 68000 image twice, once correctly and once as the 68882, leaving the 68882 image as an attachment. I have corrected it for you.
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Re: Looking at a Faulty Mega SGTE

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UnderTheRain wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:38 am
Again not sure why the first image is duplicated
Same reason as before, also corrected. When you're adding the attachments, make sure you use the correct 'place inline button' and avoid copying and pasting of inline image links.

BTW that image of the damaged track is cool.
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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
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Re: Looking at a Faulty Mega SGTE

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UnderTheRain wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:34 am Hi I was asked to look at a faulty Mega STE motherboard which has a couple of faults and just for fun I thought I'd take some pictures at work and thought I'd share. A Mega as you might not of seen one before.
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