2 Jan
2018
2 Jan
'18
1:12 p.m.
Well... Finally figured it out!? Found a lose solder blob shorting 2
pins on one of the motherboard ICs.? That explains why I've been going
crazy trying to figure out why it's been so random and intermittent.?
Thanks everyone for chiming in, and helping out!
On 1/1/2018 6:12 PM, Nick Allen wrote:
I spoke too soon, I think simply cleaning the contacts
rattled a short
and dumb luck made it boot the first time.? By pressing the
fatherboard I can see characters corrupt when running a program, guess
I need to do some more digging to find out exactly where and why this
is happening.
On 1/1/2018 5:34 PM, Nick Allen wrote:
cleaning the connector pins with a brass brush
solved the issue,
thanks everyone!!
On 1/1/2018 5:03 PM, Nick Allen wrote:
Thanks for the tips everyone!? I can confirm
power is GOOD, and the
problem persists even without the RAM installed (Just CPU and MP-C
or MP-S board).? I am going to clean the buss connectors and see if
it helps!
On 1/1/2018 12:32 PM, Nick Allen wrote:
Hey everyone, Happy New Years!? I am thankful for
an active
community that enjoys helping each other learn, and today I am
coming with an ask for help.
I have a SWTPC 6800 and ADM3A terminal, I can get it to boot, and
when it boots it will continue to boot for several hours. But
getting it to successfully boot takes upwards of 100 power OFF and
ON cycles.? The other 99 times, I get a continuous stream of random
ASCII characters (see video link below). It's my first time seeing
this type of issue that happens intermittently, and wondering if
anyone has any insights in what might be causing this.? I suspect
its a faulty IC on the Processor board that resets or controls the
OS reset, will need to deep dive and diagnose, but thought I would
ask for some direction first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci4vhPn-3PE
Thanks in advance!
-Nick