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rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:29 pm @PaulJ Just mean. Like the girls at school. Mean Girls.
Come on Jon, you know were all pulling for ya!!! Shesh Exxos created your own celebration icon. :girldance:
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PaulJ wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:59 pm Come on Jon, you know were all pulling for ya!!! Shesh Exxos created your own celebration icon.
Yeah, it was actually my second choice, I probably would have got in trouble with the one I was going to add originally :lol: :roll:
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Having 3 built @exxos doesn't mean you get 3 H4 mugs :)
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Icky wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:50 pm Having 3 built @exxos doesn't mean you get 3 H4 mugs :)
@rubber_jonnie is right everyone is being a meanie today :)
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exxos wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:57 pm
Icky wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:50 pm Having 3 built @exxos doesn't mean you get 3 H4 mugs :)
@rubber_jonnie is right everyone is being a meanie today :)
Well @rubber_jonnie doesn't even have 1x mug - yet! I'm holding it in storage for the right moment :)
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exxos wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:57 pm
Icky wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:50 pm Having 3 built @exxos doesn't mean you get 3 H4 mugs :)
@rubber_jonnie is right everyone is being a meanie today :)
Do I get (H) 4 mugs for creative troubleshooting?

I don't know why eryone is so mean today!! ;)
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In amongst all the chaos of testing chips on various H4's... #3 seemingly died for no reason which I just investigated.

All the clocks were present but I never saw /AS going low ( or if it did, I did not detect it on my scope). Probing around I saw RESET was switching, but HALT was stuck low all the time. I removed the CPU and HALT started to function correctly again. I noticed a bent pin on the CPU, always one of the corner ones, honestly I seriously hate PLCC packages! But nope, still no boot.

I took the ROM out to make sure it did actually have TOS104 in it.. and after fighting with a iffy PLCC adapter for my programmer, I found them verified TOS was in the lower bank. I also found the ROM also had a bent pin on the corner, and I mention I hate PLCC packages ? But nope, still no boot.

I swapped out the CPU,MMU,GLUE with known working ones but still no joy...But then I noticed something....

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Let's see who can see what is wrong, I was frankly amazed by this in more ways than one... I guess us season builders will spot it right off...

Needless to say this board is now booting again now :D
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viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1585 Have you done the Mandatory Fixes ?
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You haven't shorted the necessary pins in the DS1315 socket.
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derkom wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:39 pm You haven't shorted the necessary pins in the DS1315 socket.
That's a point, but that only effects the cartridge port, and in this case there isn't one :lol:
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exxos wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:42 pm
derkom wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:39 pm You haven't shorted the necessary pins in the DS1315 socket.
That's a point, but that only effects the cartridge port, and in this case there isn't one :lol:
I will admit I never actually knew what the DS1315 was for. :)

I'll take another stab at it: You've got your TOS ROM 180° wrong. :mrgreen:

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