CBM 8032

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CBM 8032

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Hi i am new to this site and hope i can get some help on a CBM 8032 computer.
I just got this out of storage for the last 30 years plugged it in and all was working fine.
The next day i turned it on and at boot the screen showed full of Zeros " 0 " this happened
about 2 seconds before the Commodore logo appeared, most of the logo contained various
graphic symbols so hard to read . The zeros show on columbs 2,4,6 etc across the screen
and all in between columbs are blank 1,3,5, etc. Any help to locate this problem would
be appreciated.
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Have you pushed down on the socketed chips? They can lose contact (wiggle loose) over time.

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Hi Robert and thank you for your reply. I have replaced these chips.
UD6,7,8,9,10 Rom UB12 pia UB13 crt UB14mpu UB15via UB16pia
UA3rom UA4 to Ua19 dynamic ram
UA2 8bit register UC1 schottky flip/flop UC2 Ex or gate
checked all power supply components and voltages
I would appreciate any more suggestions
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I finally got it fixed, turned out to be a bad UC7 static ram
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Heh, I was about to suggest it was a RAM problem. :)

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Thanks Robert I replaced it with MPS2114 from an old pet 2001 it fixed the problem for 1 day then that chip died again .The original in the 8032 just says it's a 2114 chip so have been looking for new mm2114 or mps2114
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Pictures of my Commodore collection :)
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Very nice!

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Thank you Robert and Happy New Year to you :)
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