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x68000:black_screen_on_xvi_hd_and_potentially_other_hd_computers

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Background

The X68000 XVI HD and other HD computers all suffer from the same 2 main problem:

  • Bad power supply (due to blown capacitors and other failures)
  • Dead SRAM save battery

Assuming you did a full capacitor kit on the computer, replaced or fixed the power supply and installed a new save battery to store SRAM settings, you might still get a black screen on bootup. A good working X68000 will typically show the following screen:

x68000/black_screen_on_xvi_hd_and_potentially_other_hd_computers.1545961516.txt.gz · Last modified: 2019/08/27 20:44 (external edit)