Hello Everyone,
I just picked up an A2500 yesterday and brought it home. Hadn't been powered up in 10 years I was told. I expected battery leakage - and there was. Removed that, and cleaned up the crud - about to install a CR2032 and diode.
Anyway, the machine works fine without the A2630 in place. It had been overclocked to ~28MHz with an oscillator change. I changed the oscillator back to 25MHz and still nothing. The '030 does not get warm at all. Front LED changes from darker to lighter as if it has made it at least part way through the startup. All other cards have been removed for testing.
I checked the traces around the battery, CPU slot, and CPU socket and all appears good. This is the only A2000 I have and the only accelerator, so at this point I can't tell if it's the CPU slot or the A2630.
So, simple question: Is there someone out there that would be willing to pop this A2630 into their machine to see whether it is functional? Would prefer to send it to someone in Canada, and I would be paying shipping either way.a
Thanks for any help you may be willing to offer.