Editing Amstrad PC5286 (section)

== Known faults ==

* Owners report capacitor problems in the power supply and on the motherboard. One machine died when it was switched on after long storage, which its owner put down to a capacitor exploding in the power supply.<ref name="vog5086fd" />
* The Ni-Cad clock battery discharges if the machine is left off for months, giving "System battery has discharged - Run SETUP".<ref name="s5err" />
* The floppy drive fails, and replacing its belt has not always cured it.<ref name="vog5086fd" />

See the [[Amstrad PC5286 Maintenance Guide]] and the [[Amstrad PC5286 Troubleshooting Guide]]. No capacitor list has been published: Amstrad's service manual for the PC5086 and PC5286 (reference 272826) is held only in paper form by the Centre for Computing History.<ref name="cchsm5">Centre for Computing History, [https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/27479/ "Amstrad PC5086 / PC5286 Service Manual"] (CH27479): service manual for the PC5086, PC5286 and the PC14CDR, PC14HRCDR and PC14FMD monitors, reference 272826, 78 pages. Retrieved 2026-10-02.</ref><ref name="acme">acpc.me (ACME) archive, [https://acpc.me/ Amstrad PC section], directory DOCUMENTS_TECHNIQUES/SERVICE_MANUALS. Retrieved 2026-10-02. The PC3086/PC3286/PC3386SX, PC4386SX and PC5086/PC5286 service manuals are listed with placeholder images only, marked missing.</ref>