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Almost there!
« on: 2022.April.18. 17:36:23 »
I've recapped my Enterprise 64 and replaced the voltage regulators. Today I replaced TR2 and the video output is the best I've ever seen it.

However, it still "wobbles". I've adjusted L2 to get the wobbling as slow as I can. I've tried adjusting C43 but it does not appear to make much difference.

Here's a short YouTube video showing the current video output via SCART.
https://youtu.be/QfPLyI8MAOU

Can anyone suggest what I should try next to get a stable display?

thanks

Dave

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Re: Almost there!
« Reply #1 on: 2022.April.18. 19:48:36 »
The next step could be to try it with other TVs. It happens that sometimes they don't auto-adjust to the slightly different syncs of the EP.

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Re: Almost there!
« Reply #2 on: 2022.April.19. 21:51:48 »
Thanks. I'll give that a go. I'm pretty sure I've tried a working EP64 with this TV and it was fine though. I'll check.

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Re: Almost there!
« Reply #3 on: 2022.April.20. 09:12:24 »
Check the 5V voltages not just at the regulators, check at chips, for example: U24, U25, U33 on +5A, ROM, onboard RAM, Z80 on a +5B
Nick chip use +5A, if it is lower can also result this wobbling effect. Also check +12V, for example on U35 Pin14,15,16.
And do you have a scope? Will be good check the Nick clock.

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Re: Almost there!
« Reply #4 on: 2022.April.20. 22:09:40 »
Thanks Zozo. I'll try those checks this weekend.

I've had this motherboard hanging around in my box of stuff for ~35 years I'm really hoping I can finally get it to a fully working condition.

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Re: Almost there!
« Reply #5 on: 2022.April.20. 22:42:48 »
One more hint: If it is built with Philips capacitors then recommended to replace all.

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Re: Almost there!
« Reply #6 on: 2022.April.21. 09:32:12 »
Replacing the electrolytic capacitors was the first thing I did :)

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Re: Almost there!
« Reply #7 on: 2022.August.12. 18:05:55 »
Check the 5V voltages not just at the regulators, check at chips, for example: U24, U25, U33 on +5A, ROM, onboard RAM, Z80 on a +5B
Nick chip use +5A, if it is lower can also result this wobbling effect. Also check +12V, for example on U35 Pin14,15,16.
And do you have a scope? Will be good check the Nick clock.

Sorry, for  the months delay -  a few unforeseen events happened and I got distracted.

These are the voltages I measured between the  VCC and GND pins of the following chips:
U24 4.94
U25 4.94
U33 4.93
U35 11.87
RAM 4.92
ROM 4.91
Z80 4.91
NICK 4.92

I'm having trouble with my scope so I haven't managed to get the Nick chip clock yet - still working on that.

In order to help me identify the chips and  pinouts on the circuit board I made the following image - I'm attaching here in case someone else might find it useful. The XCF file is the GIMP original with the layers preserved for ease of editing.
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Re: Almost there!
« Reply #8 on: 2023.January.14. 20:52:41 »
Finally! The video output on my Enterprise 64 motherboard is now rock steady!
I eventually managed to get a look at the nick clock using an oscilloscope and it wasn't pretty. I installed the "L2" board by Károly Vaczkó and now my video problems have gone.
Next up is wiring up a keyboard and memory expansion.