Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:00:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Matt Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] System troubleshooting - Was: Is it okay to reload
Hey Raymond,
--- Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now I doubt you'd have the suitable dongle but that's OK ... as I recall,
> that dongle didn't do anything else to signal the motherboard (you need
> to hold down space to tell the motherboard you have the dongle connected
> so it wouldn't make sense if it did). If that's the case, simply measure
> the voltages between ground and pins 2 through 9 and read it off that
> way (it's slow but it should work).
Hmmm... sounds good. But do you think the system will output those
voltages without having pressed the space bar with the dongle attached to
signal the mother board to start the dongle test?
Do you know which pin to measure the voltage of pins 2 - 9 against Raymond?
2 - 9 are labeled +PD0 - +PD9 whatever that stands for... I assume
something like positive dongle pin 0 - 9, or something like that. In the
manual, the pins on the other side of the connecter 1, + 10 - 17 are
labeled:
1 -STROBE
10 -ACK (my sentiments exactly ;-P)
11 +BUSY
12 +PE
13 +SELECT
14 -AUTOFD
15 -ERROR
16 -PINIT
17 -SLIN
> Having said that, I assume you've also checked the blink codes on the
> power light (if any)?
Nothing binks at all Raymond. The system powers up, and with battery and
AC adapter connected, the 1st, 3rd and 4th LED from the left light. The
only thing that causes a difference in what the LEDs do is putting my
little 750MB HDD in and starting the system up. Doing that, the HDD LED
2nd from the left comes on momentarily, and then turns off. Xin suggested
holding the reset button in after powering up to see if it affected
anything. But that does nothing with the 2.5GB & 40GB HDD, and only causes
the HDD LED to come on and then immediately go off with the 750 HDD
installed.
Matt
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