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Ox. · 25 August 2014, 01:36

Hi, I want to give my recently aquired Escom A1200 a complete overhaul, up to now I've done the motherboard floppy drive fix, added a gotek drive, purchased a cf card + interface and 8mb memory card with co-pro and clock. The CF card and memory card are not installed at the minute as they are not working in conjunction with each other (black screen, fails to boot), I also have a heavy A500 60W 4.5A PSU on order to supply the extra juice as I fear that may be part of the problem.

So at the minute I'm not sure if I'm encountering compatibility issues due to software or hardware hence the need for the complete overhaul, so far I have read that the machine may need Re-capping, Ferrite beads fix, timing fix etc. to completely fix it, I'm hoping some of you experts on here can advise me better as to what would be the best approach to this and if anyone in the UK offers a complete service to cure these problems?

25 August 2014, 01:36	#1
Ox. Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Sunderland UK Age: 55 Posts: 21	Escom A1200 overhaul Hi, I want to give my recently aquired Escom A1200 a complete overhaul, up to now I've done the motherboard floppy drive fix, added a gotek drive, purchased a cf card + interface and 8mb memory card with co-pro and clock. The CF card and memory card are not installed at the minute as they are not working in conjunction with each other (black screen, fails to boot), I also have a heavy A500 60W 4.5A PSU on order to supply the extra juice as I fear that may be part of the problem. So at the minute I'm not sure if I'm encountering compatibility issues due to software or hardware hence the need for the complete overhaul, so far I have read that the machine may need Re-capping, Ferrite beads fix, timing fix etc. to completely fix it, I'm hoping some of you experts on here can advise me better as to what would be the best approach to this and if anyone in the UK offers a complete service to cure these problems?