Amstrad CPC 464 Troubleshooting Guide: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Amstrad CPC 464 (photo).jpg|thumb|right|300px|Amstrad CPC 464. Source: Wikimedia Commons.]]

This guide covers diagnostic procedures for the '''[[Amstrad CPC 464]]''' (model 464, machine code Z70xxx series, 1984–1990). The CPC 464 BIOS does not implement a numeric POST code system — faults are diagnosed by symptom, by signal probing against the schematic in the [https://archive.org/details/Amstrad_CPC464_Service_Manual_1985_Amstrad_Consumer_Electronics Amstrad CPC464 Service Manual], and by the official '''Amstrad RP1 Test Pack''' (a service-engineer cartridge plugged into the expansion port). This guide adapts the official Basic Hardware Analysis flowchart from the service manual and adds field-experience faults documented by the Amstrad restoration community.

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			[[File:Amstrad CPC 464 (photo).jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Amstrad CPC 464. Source: Wikimedia Commons.]]
	This guide covers diagnostic procedures for the '''[[Amstrad CPC 464]]''' (model 464, machine code Z70xxx series, 1984–1990). The CPC 464 BIOS does not implement a numeric POST code system — faults are diagnosed by symptom, by signal probing against the schematic in the [https://archive.org/details/Amstrad_CPC464_Service_Manual_1985_Amstrad_Consumer_Electronics Amstrad CPC464 Service Manual], and by the official '''Amstrad RP1 Test Pack''' (a service-engineer cartridge plugged into the expansion port). This guide adapts the official Basic Hardware Analysis flowchart from the service manual and adds field-experience faults documented by the Amstrad restoration community.		This guide covers diagnostic procedures for the '''[[Amstrad CPC 464]]''' (model 464, machine code Z70xxx series, 1984–1990). The CPC 464 BIOS does not implement a numeric POST code system — faults are diagnosed by symptom, by signal probing against the schematic in the [https://archive.org/details/Amstrad_CPC464_Service_Manual_1985_Amstrad_Consumer_Electronics Amstrad CPC464 Service Manual], and by the official '''Amstrad RP1 Test Pack''' (a service-engineer cartridge plugged into the expansion port). This guide adapts the official Basic Hardware Analysis flowchart from the service manual and adds field-experience faults documented by the Amstrad restoration community.