minimig just boots to a blue screen...

[keropi]

Hello!

I just received a minimig for a friend and I tested it a little... this bugger just boots on the following screen and nothing happens... pressing keyboard F12 or the MENU button does nothing... :blink:



on the root of the SD card I have one test freeware .adf game, the minimig1.bin and the kick.rom. I have tried both 1.3 and 3.1 A500 roms, but still the same result... just the blue screen , one can call it a BSOD too!

What do I miss?  I did try 2 different SD cards, one 512MB - the other 2GB , both FAT16 formatted but they behave the same...
What else can I try?

[keropi]

the  drive led does not blink with the SD card(s) installed... only the red one with half-bright and when the VGA signal comes and the screen is displayed then it goes to full-bright. The drive led is always off..

I will try to get a null-modem serial cable or modify one...
thanks!

edit: damn, all serial cables I have here are male-female ones...

[keropi]

I just made my own null-modem rs232 cable, I am off to test

[keropi]

AWESOME!!!
I upgraded to the 91224 PIC bootloader and now I see the KS screen, all work fine as it seems
Is there any "better" firmware to try? Or stay in 91224? I only have a 2MB/PIC minimig for now...

thanks yaqube and Darrin!

[keropi]

thanks all! all is well now, I'll see how it goes with the basic config and I'll decide