Faulty Ram?

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Faulty Ram?

hi guys,

 

im messing around with a broken iic (us version) which i got here in germany...

It wont post / shows marbled graphics.  It tries to read from my floppy emu but ends with errors...

 

i managed to check system with rom4x

(most of the time the machine gets stuck while testing maybe in 1/100 i got different Ram Errors...)

 

PICTURES:

 

 

https://bilderupload.org/bild/a01a45189-96120971-1021911182579946

https://bilderupload.org/bild/55c545181-96428022-1021911182615947

https://bilderupload.org/bild/e1d545163-130223672-102207176541441

 

is this because of faulty ram? i am able to swap these but im not an pro with osci and so on... is there a chance to fix this or might there be more involved like broken IWM ?

Rgds Dario

 

 

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Does this happen with both

Does this happen with both the original ROM and with the rom4x? I assume you're not able to get into BASIC?

The screen that says "RAM 00001011" - is that the result of the RAM test telling you which chip is bad?

 

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Yah - this is the result, but

Yah - this is the result, but results are different every time (most of the time no result at all)

 

i probed the the ram with an osci today and all databits and refresh look the same.. so i  assume its not the ram

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twitch wrote:Yah - this is
twitch wrote:

Yah - this is the result, but results are different every time (most of the time no result at all)

 

i probed the the ram with an osci today and all databits and refresh look the same.. so i  assume its not the ram

If you can boot to BASIC, load the Monitor with CALL -151 

 

Flood the ram with different values, one bank at a time, then read it back. See if you can find a specific bank that is mirrored or stuck. 

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