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Which Rom are you using? I think my first thought is ZX8302 that would cause all those issues.

worth reseating the DP8473 and checking the crystal is still ok on the gold card.

@t0nyt are you after both the male and females? I may have some left over, I'll check.

In which case, check what was wrong with the guy on fbook. Stuck reset. In his case stuck button..

I do remember seeing a post elsewhere about a stuck reset switch causing this too. I've only ever seen this when I've been playing with roms and that thought also reminded me if using a third party Minerva board, make sure the jumper is on. Corrosion on that too might be an issue as well as a ...

Try reseating the roms, the CPU and the zx8301( In that order) also check for bent pins on the roms. I would also say the above answer (from Dave is correct) the only time I've seen this pattern is when I've been playing with roms or they are not seated correctly, of course the path to and including ...

@swensont, I tried a usb floppy on sqlux not long ago. I couldn't format it, but I could use the drive to boot from and write to it etc.

And welcome to the forum

oops, wrong pic, time to remove that

I finally got around to playing with the new ones (Capacitor type). The capacitor did not seem to be the issue, nor did replacing it with a resistor (I didn't try it). I drilled the key out and placed a bit of wire through it and looped it back on itself over the top and soldered it both ends to the ...