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by gordonf
Mon Dec 26, 2022 7:37 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Video noise on VIC-20
Replies: 51
Views: 12797

Re: Video noise on VIC-20

Gyro Gearloose wrote: Mon Dec 26, 2022 6:44 pm Can you test with a 64?
I need to find one first.
by gordonf
Mon Dec 26, 2022 11:36 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Video noise on VIC-20
Replies: 51
Views: 12797

Re: Video noise on VIC-20

I am confused. I am also highly hung over and drinking again so who knows ... I think this is from having two different people experiencing nearly identical video issues with third-party power supplies. The one I have is this: C64 PSU Modern Black US - Replacement Commodore 64 Power Supply, US Plug...
by gordonf
Sun Dec 25, 2022 3:31 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Video noise on VIC-20
Replies: 51
Views: 12797

Re: Video noise on VIC-20

The power supply I got had a ground pin on it, but it might not be connected to anything at the VIC 20 end
by gordonf
Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:21 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Video noise on VIC-20
Replies: 51
Views: 12797

Re: Video noise on VIC-20

I would be inclined to test with the original PSU briefly after checking the voltage with a meter of course. Just did the re-cap R10 adjustments and tested the stock power supply. The PSU is part number is 251052-01, which wasn't on the Wiki for some reason. Fortunately the voltages checked out - t...
by gordonf
Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:18 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Do This After Re-capping Your VIC-20
Replies: 3
Views: 701

Yes please do this

This dramatically affected my luminance output, where it solidified the cyan border after replacing all capacitors and doing the S-Video modification.
by gordonf
Sat Dec 17, 2022 3:00 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Video noise on VIC-20
Replies: 51
Views: 12797

Re: Video noise on VIC-20

beamrider wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 1:40 pm I would be inclined to test with the original PSU briefly after checking the voltage with a meter of course.
I just did, and I get a very clean picture this time. I haven't done the re-cap R10 adjustments yet, and was about to.

So what is this after-market brick doing, I wonder.
by gordonf
Fri Dec 16, 2022 6:35 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Video noise on VIC-20
Replies: 51
Views: 12797

Re: Video noise on VIC-20

I have a very similar problem, even in S-Video. https://i.imgur.com/blKNGUG.png I'm using an after-market power supply too, as I didn't trust the epoxy brick that came with this machine. I also re-capped it using a Console5 recap kit. If it's the after-market PSU doing this, any suggestions? I suppo...