Micronik Busboard woes again!

[lorddef]

Well after all the problems I had getting my rev 5.43 board to work in my A1200 I decided the board was broken and bought a rev 5.44.

BUT I still have the same problem so I guess its not the board afterall.

Whenever the board is put in I just get a red screen and and the power LED flashes a few times (about 10 times!) then the system reboots.

I've checked everything I can think of now, the power seems to be okay, I've checked the connector, checked the board isn't shorting out etc.

Any suggestions? Anyone near Nottingham want to try one of the boards in their A1200 for me? (my A1200 still works fine so I doubt it'll cause any damage)

 :-(

[lorddef]

anybody?

I really dont see why these boards do nothing, every other expansion I have used has worked perfect!

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I'll have to try on another A1200 then, but I don't know how I'm gunna do that without buying another  :-(

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Karlos wrote:
Is Manc too far? I got a spare A1200 mobo here...

The total bar-stuard of it all is that I used to be at uni in lancaster untill I graduated this summer, back then Manc wouldn't have been too far  :-(

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I have word now that it may be the mobo connector that is at fault, but I don't know what I could do to fix it.  My blizzard connects just fine so I'm guessing the a1200 side is okey dokey, how do I clean the contacts of the connector that fits onto the a1200 expantion slot?

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@Matt_t

I'm going to try powering through both the a1200 and the busboard then.  If I still have no luck I'm going to have a go with the Picasso installed too.

[lorddef]

it's more the problem of getting the computer to boot at all with the board in than any problems with cards yet.

I really cant see where I'm going wrong here, there really isn't much to go wrong with these boards as far as I can see.

I've noticed where the a1200 cpu slot adapter board connects to the main busboard, there are holes in the connector that look like they are there so the boards can be bolted together, should I have the boards bolted together instead of just plugged together?

[lorddef]

Okey dokey I will not try that then  :-)

The PSU is an eyetech one, basically just a normal AT supply to which I have fitted a connector for the power.

I think I'm getting 9 short flashes and one long flash on the power LED when I try and boot the computer, then it reboots.

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Yeh it's just under 2 hours by car usually, depending on traffic

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lempkee wrote:
a good tip is:

REMOVE a1200 orginal psu ..power the busboard only with the power connectors (AT) , you supply the power trough the busboard + a1200 with 1 solution.

Yes its powered through the busboard only atm. And no; the power connector on the Micronic busboards is not AT!

also is your mikronik busboard the one with memory slots on ?  or is it the first model?

a tip there is ... the jumpers!  , do you have the manual ? ...i might have mine still..but i gave my board away and went mediator.
cheers

Nope it's not the one with memory slots, it's a rev5.44 / 5.43, no jumpers