SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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

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I agree with @Steve regarding fractured tracks or vias too.

I've had 2 instances, a Mega ST and an Amiga 500 where manual handling of the board damaged tracks/vias invisibly causing dead machines. I managed to track down and fix the issues but I do always warn people that working on these old boards is a risk, the manual handling of them could cause unseen damage, especially if the board gets flexed at all.

I'd suggest that you need to start troubleshooting the base machine with a minimal config.
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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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I found something !

This is the MCU, shorted pin 81(SINT) and 82(SZ1)
But still dead black screen.

I am asking the expert, by having these two pin shorted, what part might be dead ?

both pin connected with the short to:
UA00 (DMAC chip): pin 7
U907: 74LS86 pin 10
J502 (memory connector): pin 77
JB01 (TT RAM): pin 48

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

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I would advise to remove the solder blob first and then check if your TT is still alive.
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HigashiJun wrote: 06 Jan 2026 05:39 I would advise to remove the solder blob first and then check if your TT is still alive.
I'd agree 100%, that solder blob shouldn't be there. Get it removed.
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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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Of course I removed it ! :D

Still black screen :(
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So check the continuity on all the 6 sockets you have fitted in order to install the Speedy.

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There must be somtehing wrong somewhere (provided you didn't fry a component).
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Yep, find where these 68 points are going to be tested !
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Good.
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Little parenthesis in my process, here is a searchable TT schematic PDF I made for facilitating the following of wire without turning pages.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12k8qL4 ... sp=sharing
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Re: SpeedyTT, black screen of death !!!! HELP

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zfrenchy wrote: 07 Jan 2026 03:44 Little parenthesis in my process, here is a searchable TT schematic PDF I made for facilitating the following of wire without turning pages.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12k8qL4 ... sp=sharing
This is a great resource! Thanks for sharing

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