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asm1 (12:10 19/2/2013)
CJE (11:08 21/2/2013)
filecore (11:47 21/2/2013)
Bonez (23:09 23/2/2013)
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Andrew |
Message #121942, posted by asm1 at 12:10, 19/2/2013 |
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I have attempted this before but this time I am determined to fix it so that I can put it into storage. My Inventory is getting a bit large but that is another story... 
I currently have a rather sad looking RPC sitting on my floor.....
I basically took it apart to rebuild it as a 2-slice machine and it hasn't worked since because either I am doing something wrong, haven't put it back together properly or something has broken. Or quite possibly a combination of all of the above.
Specs include:
Kinetic 300 CPU card (running at 233)
Risc OS 4.39 onboard
2 MB Vram
256 MB ram (yeah I know... excessive but why not)
16GB SD with RO 6.20 softloaded.
1GB SD card with misc /stuff on it
one running from motherboard, the other a UNipod.
Unipod with all 3 expansions enabled
Phillips PCCD 52X cdrom
5x86 133 PC Card (running win 98!)
VPOD Graphics card.
So as you can see it is/was pretty loaded. I put the second slice in because I wanted to add an IDE CDRW I had lying around...
Last I tried powering it up I got no VGA from either the motherboard or Vpod...
The battery is new (ish), probably flat although it has been installed less than 2 years (was replaced when I got the machine).
Progress is as follows:
Switch it on with innards disconnected. Actually get a wave synth beep so something wants to happen. But I cant see anything because my monitor is not configured.....
The Monitor says it has no signal detected but is not going to sleep so something is coming from the RPC
I have had this machine and monitor working together before, a while ago but still.
Keyboard LED's respond to num lock etc.
I have been here before lol :
Trying my previous steps as directed in an old thread I started on TIB:
http://iconbar.com/forums/viewthread.php?threadid=11492&page=1#115081
Powering on with numpad * allows me to get a beep when pressing ctrl-G which tells me I get to the *supervisor prompt
Blind typing any or all of the following as suggested in that thread seems to result in no change:
*configure monitortype 4
*configure mode 32
*configure wimpmode 32
*configure Sync 0
So either I am making mistakes in my blind typing or something else is wrong.
What to check/test next ?
Am doing this without backplane, podules and hdds. the POST seems to work and I hear the floppy grinding and a wave synth beep but I cant see anything....
The monitor and cable work fine with my R260 so they aren't the issue....
[Edited by asm1 at 12:18, 19/2/2013] |
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Chris Evans |
Message #121943, posted by CJE at 11:08, 21/2/2013, in reply to message #121942 |
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Which monitor socket are you plugging the monitor into?
Try removing VPOD and get a display working on VIDC output, then move on to vpod.
IIRC setting up the vpod did require something special, though I can't remember what.
p.s. How can you be using a vpod without a backplane?
[Edited by CJE at 11:11, 21/2/2013] |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #121944, posted by filecore at 11:47, 21/2/2013, in reply to message #121943 |
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A general rule of thumb is to strip everything back so you just have the core components, then add things back in one by one until you locate the problem.
http://www.iconbar.com/forums/viewthread.php?threadid=10981#116710 may also be useful to you. |
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Bonez |
Message #121948, posted by Bonez at 23:09, 23/2/2013, in reply to message #121944 |
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When I had an monitor LCD issues(no vpod) with my 4.39 box I just used:-
*con. sync 0
*con. monitor. 3
ctrl-break.
A lot less typing. Note the dot after monitor.
Looking at my notes the steps prior to that where press shift on start up which bings up a menu, then press Y. This takes you to the command line, then type in the above.
[Edited by Bonez at 01:12, 24/2/2013]
[Edited by Bonez at 01:14, 24/2/2013] |
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