Amstrad Support-Repair

Gryzor · 10:37, 03 February 13

Actually the machine case has a very handy hole through which you can use a small screwdriver to adjust it. Not for the faint of heart, though; back in the day I had learned to align the tape by the sound of it (and I had to realign it depending on the game I was runnin - Capcom games were the most difficult to get right!), but there are also great azimuth kits appearing every now and then on eBay.

lynwen · 11:07, 03 February 13

Quote from: steve on 21:00, 02 February 13
@Lynwen, the trade-in post, if they are still trading, also list 464 head alignment kits.

I'll give them a call tomorrow thanks!

morley27 · 14:25, 06 February 13

Hi there,

I might need your help here,

I have CPC 464 mother board MC0044A

I was using it lastnight and it froze on me. I turned the unit on/off. Now everytime i turn the unit on, a grey box appears on screen instead of the normal boot screen. I ordered a new Z80 chip in the hope this fixs the problem? any help would be grateful.

ralferoo · 10:31, 07 February 13

Noooo! Not another "spontaneous" CPC death!

I'm wondering if this is because people are using unregulated power bricks instead of regulated ones. I guess there might be a market to make a regulated adaptor that takes a random cheap 9V supply, shoves it through a diode and 7805 and plugs into the CPC!

Bryce · 11:15, 07 February 13

Almost all "power bricks" are regulated these days. I'd be suprised if anyone still uses and old unregulated one. Or do you mean those cheap and nasty multi-voltage ones? I definitely would recommend using one of those on a CPC. Unlike other 8-bit computers, the regulator was in the monitor and not the computer, so you've no idea exactly how much voltage your CPC is really getting.

Bryce.

beaker · 12:14, 07 February 13

Quote from: Bryce on 11:15, 07 February 13
Or do you mean those cheap and nasty multi-voltage ones? I definitely would recommend using one of those on a CPC.

Oh? Well I guess if it's the best thing for it then I should...

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Bryce · 12:48, 07 February 13

Fine for a spectrum or even your SG-1000, but keep it away from your CPCs.

Bryce.

Alan Sugar · 23:13, 05 March 13

I hundreds of Amstrad components to sell. All of them have from the official Amstrad Service centre run by COMPASS in the uk in the 1980s.
I note you do not sell the parts ...are you interested in the bulk purchase ?

Gryzor · 08:25, 06 March 13

Good morning mate, sent you a PM...

retrorepair · 17:24, 20 May 13

Hi,

Been a while since i don't come over here...

Well now i'm back! No, no Arnold "The Terminator"

Last Friday, i received an GX4000 to repair from UK.

User as told me that the problem is that there is no picture throught SCART.

Later i'll update with the development of the repair, and with some pictures.

Greetings,
Retrorepair

retrorepair · 17:27, 20 May 13

Quote from: Gryzor on 08:25, 06 March 13
Good morning mate, sent you a PM...

Hi Gryzor,

I didn't received any PM from you...

Greetings,
Retrorepair

retrorepair · 14:13, 21 May 13

Hi all,

Another GX4000 saved from the dead....

When i have the time, i'll update this post!

Greetings,
Retrorepair

dcdrac · 20:55, 11 July 13

Looking forward to when it arrives, thank you.

dcdrac · 09:44, 20 July 13

Hello the GX4000 PCB still has not arrived back to me yet, can you give me time when it will be sent or when it was sent and by which courier?

dcdrac · 23:56, 26 July 13

Still waiting for the PCB back from this person, I have sent the money and it was collected I can only assume something bad has happened in their life as they have not responded to the PMs.

dcdrac · 20:00, 28 July 13

Still no reply and still waiting

dcdrac · 09:29, 10 August 13

Dear Amstrad Repair I am still waiting for the GX4000 PCB to be sent back, it has been over 3 months now and I received confirmation that you did pick up the money from Western Union.
I am writing this message here because you have not replied to any of my PMS.

Please let me now what has happened.

TFM · 02:42, 11 August 13

The last time retrorepair logged in here was: 2013-05-31, 20:26:27

Well, IMHO you should try email / telephone or something else. He probably is just very busy.

dcdrac · 10:26, 11 August 13

Just sent another PM , I do not have the telephone number nor the email address.

Gryzor · 18:56, 28 October 13

PM me, I can give you his email since he disappeared... though you should probably have established email communication before sending him anything, and have gotten his details.

dcdrac · 21:15, 03 November 13

I did all that.

Gryzor · 14:53, 04 November 13

Ah damn.

dcdrac · 18:57, 04 November 13

Written it off now got enough Pluses and a GX4000 so on that front now worries, bit sore about losing 70 euros but lessons learnt.

beaker · 20:58, 04 November 13

It's a real shame when things like this happen, on the whole most people I've come across on the retro scene are very trustworthy and incredibly helpful.

Bryce · 15:10, 05 November 13

If that's the case, then we should lock this thread and "un-sticky" it, with a warning to others not to send anything to him.

Bryce.

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