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Offline Astra DanTopic starter

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CDTV Image Flickers on Certain Resolutions
« on: January 06, 2018, 01:05:49 PM »
Hi, I have two CDTVs.
I recently brought them down from the loft to remind myself why I have two.
I think the display board died on the first, so I bought the other which DID work fine two years ago but doesn't now.
Anyway, I've carried out the display port short mod and now both work fine.
However, I've noticed there's an annoying jumping and flickering and a strange square pattern overlay appears on screen at certain times. It only does it on the start up screen and when using WB or WB-based apps, like Scorched Tanks.
I've been playing Turrican, Pinball Dreams (with the jumper pulled to boot in Kick 1.3) and Worms for hours and they're all fine, so it must be a resolution thing? Both units do the same.
I was going to buy a memory expansion for it to use it more, but not worth it in it's current state.

Any ideas I might try?
Many thanks.
A500+ 2 Meg
A500   1 Meg
A2000HD 3 Meg
A1200
CDTV x2
CD32 (Broken)
C64 SD2IEC
 

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Re: CDTV Image Flickers on Certain Resolutions
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2018, 01:09:47 PM »
Capasitors! I had have that sme problem with Amigas wich hasn't used for long time, including my CDTV. It might get better, if you keep it turned ON, or it can blow it beyond repair.
ACube Sam 440ep Flex 800mhz, 1gb ram and 240gb hd and OS4.1FE
A1200 Micronic tower, OS3.9, Apollo 060 66mhz, xPert Merlin, Delfina Lite and Micronic Scandy, 500Gb hd, 66mb ram, DVD-burner and WLAN.
A1200 desktop, OS3.9, Blizzard 060 66mhz, 66mb ram, Ide Fix Express with 160Gb HD and WLAN
A500 OS2.1, GVP+HD8 with 4mb ram, 1mb chip ram and 4gb HD
Commodore CDTV KS3.1, 1mb chip, 4mb fast ram and IDE HD
 

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Re: CDTV Image Flickers on Certain Resolutions
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2018, 01:13:42 PM »
Hi thanks for your reply!
I actually read your same reply to another guy on  post in 2011. Both have been turned on for many hours and it doesn't seem to help. I can't see any blown or bloated caps, or any signs of leakage.
I guess I'll just risk recapping one of them to see if this helps.
I had to tear the warranty sticker on one to do the display board bypass, very sad!
A500+ 2 Meg
A500   1 Meg
A2000HD 3 Meg
A1200
CDTV x2
CD32 (Broken)
C64 SD2IEC
 

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Re: CDTV Image Flickers on Certain Resolutions
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2018, 09:16:40 PM »
Hmm, my A1200 does it too, again only on Scorched Tanks.
I figure it must be my TV, but my A2000HD is fine. Weird!
A500+ 2 Meg
A500   1 Meg
A2000HD 3 Meg
A1200
CDTV x2
CD32 (Broken)
C64 SD2IEC