Re: Major Havoc test mode

Is NMI pin on processor doing it's thing? May not apply, but I know this
can kill video on raster games, maybe it also does on vector.
On Jul 30, 2013 3:10 PM, "Kevin Moore" <talon.k@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok video is up. If you can tell me what ram it is that would be great. But
> I don't think that will be the case. It beeps rapidly for about 5 secs then
> stops, as you can hear in the video.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Kevin Moore <talon.k@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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Received on Tue Jul 30 16:34:49 2013