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Startup shows white screen with black lines

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:27 pm
by martins
Hi, I wonder if someone could help please?

I'm trying to help my father-in-law get his QL going, and we connected it up with an RGB scart cable and all we're getting is a white screen with black lines on it. Any suggestions on where to look next please?
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Best

Martin

Re: Startup shows white screen with black lines

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 3:30 pm
by Maskenlos
Hi,

check out this:

https://k1.spdns.de/Vintage/Sinclair/Ot ... Manual.pdf

Page 4.5 paragraph 2.2.7

Best regards,

Stephan

Re: Startup shows white screen with black lines

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2024 10:30 pm
by martins
Thanks very much for the link. In the end I sent the QL to https://www.mutant-caterpillar.co.uk and it turned out the the 74LS245 buffer chip for the data bus had failed.

Best

Martin