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Korn - I did check the connector, and it was on properly. I tried to put
it on wrong just to see if I could get it to go on wrong, but hte only way
would be to bend the pins. Howver, HAPPY NEWS! BSD is alive again - I
pulled the entire ribbon cable out of the machine, and found that one of the
pins is intermittently making contact in the cable assembly. I've got it
going for now, I think I'll try to get a new ribbon cable. Isn't this the
same cable that computers have inside of them for the hard drives, etc?
Now then, back to my original mission: Testing the spare sound board. How
is the best way to check the spare board?
"TheKorn" <TheKorn@TheKorn.Net> wrote in message
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> "billc479" <billc479@aol.com> wrote in
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> > "TheKorn" <TheKorn@TheKorn.Net> wrote in message
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> >> "billc479" <billc479@aol.com> wrote in
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> >> > I only removed and replaced the sound board. All connectors are
> >> > connected properly.
> >> >
> >> > When I changed the board, I left the batteries in, and the machine
> >> > was unplugged. Should I remove the batteries for a few minutes,
> >> > put them back in and try the machine again?
> >>
> >> Hard to say. Are you hoping that removing the batteries will put the
> >> original sound board back in?
> >
> > OK Korn, I guess w/o the complete thread that sounded stupid.
>
> Well not _stupid_ per se. It was just one of those, "you have to know
> what I'm talking about to know what I'm talking about" kind of
> conversations.
>
> > I only
> > swapped sound boards, the "new" one didn't work, so I put the working
> > one back in. (The machine was working great before I swapped the
> > sound board). Ever since, I don't get a display that means anything,
> > and a high frequency sound. Trying to go to test doesn't do anything,
> > and the CPU LEDs indicate that the CPU is normal. Aside from comedy,
> > any real ideas?
> >
> > On another point, is there some way to test a board w/o putting it in
> > a working game? TIA
>
> AH! Yes, now that makes a lot more sense!
>
> Most _likely_ cause is the ribbon cable being off by one on the sound
> board. Take your digital inspectors (hint: you were born with ten of
> them) and feel around all FOUR SIDES of the ribbon cable. Chances are,
> you're off by one, and on one side you'll feel pins.
>
> If that doesn't fix you up, I would disconnect the sound board entirely
> and then fire up the game. If your display comes up, then we know that
> everything is still _good_, just something wonky going on with the sound
> board.
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