Spectrum is unstable
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From Denis Revin → To All 14 June 2006
Hello Dut_Norshi
If you just leave it turned on, then nothing happens.
And if you start downloading toys or demos, in some of them something happens
reset
For example, in the game Field of Miracles (with RoboCop), as soon as the lady comes out -
reset occurs.
Target Renegade resets as soon as run.
Best View (latest version) is reset (or draws cubes) immediately after
loading screensaver.
Well, there are similar examples in games and demos.
I ran the tests. All RAM regeneration tests say "Everything is OK"
But:
HorrorFasTest 1.04R
It says that I have a Z84 processor (I have KR1858VM1 installed), and there is
TurboSound.
It doesn’t give any errors, but the computer often resets (especially if after the test
configuration run memory regeneration test).
SYSTEM TEST 4.30R. Collection of Crazy Tests!
(c) Compowellcome, Chirchik 1999
Displays a message like this
"The data bus of this Spectrum in IM2 mode in TR-DOS is clogged!"
RAMDOCTOR v2.0 by Sergey Tyatin
After the port #7FFD blocking test, at the next check it starts saying that
I have Spectrum 48k
Some TACT 0.1 test draws two masks and reboots the computer.
Has anyone encountered such symptoms? Is the memory somewhere broken/buggy or
anything else? Maybe there are some opinions on this matter?
Thanks in advance!