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Re: TF536 no RAM detected

Posted: 26 Jan 2021 16:04
by terriblefire
Data bus bit D10 is shorted to power on the RAM.
shorted..PNG
This is the chip nearest the cpld.

Re: TF536 no RAM detected

Posted: 26 Jan 2021 16:12
by ninjafahrer
ok, i will check this...

On the 2nd board everything gets retained, but Autoconfig dont see the board...

Re: TF536 no RAM detected

Posted: 26 Jan 2021 16:15
by terriblefire
ninjafahrer wrote: 26 Jan 2021 16:12 ok, i will check this...

On the 2nd board everything gets retained, but Autoconfig dont see the board...
Autoconfig doesnt "see" anything. Autoconfig is just a little rom that the OS reads to understand that there is memory. The memory is always here. Do you get the colour bars?

Anyways lets do these boards one at a time or it will get confusing fast... see above i posted a picture of which pins to check.

Re: TF536 no RAM detected

Posted: 26 Jan 2021 16:27
by alenppc
May I also suggest checking all the connections with a microscope... these boards are farily simple and it should be easy to spot any shorts or missoldered pins, but you do need a microscope.

Re: TF536 no RAM detected

Posted: 26 Jan 2021 16:28
by ninjafahrer
Board 1 MEMORY -> SOLVED!
Great! Thanks for your help...!!!


on Board 2 - please explain what do you mean with colour bars?

Re: TF536 no RAM detected

Posted: 26 Jan 2021 16:37
by terriblefire
ninjafahrer wrote: 26 Jan 2021 16:28 on Board 2 - please explain what do you mean with colour bars?
When you boot kickstart. Do you see the colour bars. Your first board will do this if its working.

Re: TF536 no RAM detected

Posted: 26 Jan 2021 16:51
by ninjafahrer
no, there is no colour bar shown at card 2.

card 1 is working now :D

Re: TF536 no RAM detected

Posted: 26 Jan 2021 16:57
by terriblefire
ninjafahrer wrote: 26 Jan 2021 16:51 no, there is no colour bar shown at card 2.
Either AS or DS is not connected correctly..

Go to address 0x00f00000 in the memory editor and see what you get there..

Re: TF536 no RAM detected

Posted: 26 Jan 2021 17:29
by ninjafahrer
61 1A D9 1A D9...

Re: TF536 no RAM detected

Posted: 26 Jan 2021 17:37
by terriblefire
ninjafahrer wrote: 26 Jan 2021 17:29 61 1A D9 1A D9...
So if you have a look at the other board it will show

11 11 49 F9 00 DF F0 00 30 3C 7F FF 39 40 00 9A

since you are getting a repeating pattern i'm guessing the CPLD is for whatever reason not responding to any internal data requests.