| From: | Andy Kinsella |
| Date: | 6 Aug 2000 at 14:59:02 |
| Subject: | Re: Power PC Repairs |
Greetings Gareth
On 06-Aug-00, you wrote:
> ��� Sender: Andy Kinsella <andy.k2@ukonline.co.uk> ��� On 05-Aug-00,
> you wrote about [amigactive] Re: Power PC Repairs...
>> I guess you've tried booting with the PPC disabled (holding the 2
>> key)? You need to disable the board and your harddrives before
>> flashing it.
> I hadn't tried it, but I just did, and that doesn't work either. I
> think it crashes before the PPC ROM code has even initialised.
Another thing to chedck is whether or not the board is very firmly
attcehd to the edge connector. The edge can wear quite a bit if you
are often removing cards. Shaving a bit off the tytop can help the
boad grip a bit better. . .
> I think you keep the PPC board enabled during flashing - it would be
> logical, otherwise, how does the flasher know the PPC is there to
> update? :-)
No, the board must be disabled or the flash will fail. If you have a
flash update, read it in the docs.
I've no idea how the flash works with the board disabled, but it does.
As mine did.
>
>> Have you tried just leaving it switched on for a few minutes to see
>> if it springs into life? I had a blizzard 1260 that needed to be
>> powered up for more than a few minutes before it would boot
>> reliably
> Yep, and it don't work either, so it's a DCE job, then :-((((
Oh well.
> Catch ya later,
> GazChap.
Regards
Andy
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