Re: Major Havoc test mode

Here's a quick video of the beeping.

http://youtu.be/g1XWChBp-Y8

It's still processing so the video may not be avail for a few more minutes.

Kevin

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Jonathan Koolpe <jkoolpe@hotmail.com>wrote:

> I think Jess is correct. I had a MH board that also beeped at me with no
> video. From what I recollect, the number of beeps pointed me to a specific
> RAM chip (after consulting the manual) that I replaced and voila! Board
> worked just fine after that...
>
> One of the easiest board repairs I ever had....took about 5 minutes ;) ...
>
> Jon
>
> ------------------------------
> Subject: RE: VECTOR: Major Havoc test mode
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:41:14 -0600
> From: jess@askey.org
> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>
>
> The beeps mean that there is a RAM error of some sort I believe.
>
>
>
> *From:* owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:
> owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] *On Behalf Of *Kevin Moore
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:55 PM
> *To:* vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> *Subject:* VECTOR: Major Havoc test mode
>
>
>
> Ok I'm not having any luck with this thing at all.
>
> No video in test mode
>
> In fact when you put it in test mode you get a rapid succession of beeps
> for about 4-5 seconds, then it stops beeping.
>
> It's not watchdogging
>
> I've been able to fluke the program roms, and rams, and even the paged
> roms with good sigs
>
> Not sure how or if I can check sigs on 106 107 and 110
>
> on the gamma side I can check 108 just fine.
>
> If the gamma processor isn't communicating, I would think I would still
> have video showing me that the gamma isn't communicating..
>
> Lost.
>
> Kevin
>

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