Bought two V7-Kits, one is ok, the other not.

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rene204
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Bought two V7-Kits, one is ok, the other not.

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Hi. just a few Days I got my Package from Exxon Store with two V7 Kits for my Atari 1040 STF.

Build both the same way, one have a GAL, that looks ok, one looks irregular, this Kit doesn't working..?
Tested the Non-working Kit with the new (exxos Store) WD1772 00-02 and an older VL 1772, but nothing
No Floppy-Drive on Desktop after boot.

Maybe. a faulty or wrong GAL?
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if I order two replacement GALs, are these programmed for this Kit?
Thanks Rene
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Re: Bought two V7-Kits, one is ok, the other not.

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Is the oscillator soldered on properly, it looks a little too far to the left, I do solder these on but I cannot check they are working without building up the full kit... You would need to check the clock input on the WD1772 (pin 18 on scope) to see whats there.
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No, no Scope here...
resoldered it, but nothing.
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Without a scope it will be incredibly difficult to do any diagnostics to see what is wrong... Only thing you can do is to send it all to someone like @Steve to diagnose it all for you.
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Re: Bought two V7-Kits, one is ok, the other not.

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You may have some solder bridges and flux shorts. I would do a ipa cleaning with a toothbrush

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Re: Bought two V7-Kits, one is ok, the other not.

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Finally switched back to my own Solution, after bought a third one, and got 2 working with so many Problems on my 1040ST and Mega 4, using the Asci-Port (Megafile, Vortex, new Asci/Scsi-Adapter from Inventronic) and second Floppydrive (Gotek).

No MediaChangeFix, but thats ok for me.

Maybe my Problem is using Booster, Buffer and Floppy Kit and MagnumST Fast/Alt-Ram-expansion, all together.

No more Action needed.

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