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ChadTower:
Well that was a failure. Tried the bend the pins a bit method... now no LEDs, eventually got intermittent 5v but no 3.3v. Probably broke a solder joint or two underneath. Crap. :-\ Now to pull the thing out and retouch them all again.
markrvp:
--- Quote from: Silver on December 06, 2006, 06:28:50 pm ---I've got a DuoX 2 chip - it has 2 banks (cromwell and flashbios currently).
Am wondering that when I flash, do I have to move the dip switch while the system is on?
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Yes, boot it on the Flash Bios side and then flip the switch to the other bank before flashing the new Bios. That way if you mess it up, you still have the Flash Bios side working to boot it up again.
Samstag:
Chad, you got an Xecuter, right?
My experience with older (2.3) Xecuter chips was they had very poor quality control on the cables. Check that the wires aren't loose in the connectors or even pulling out. I ended up soldering most of the wires directly to the boards before I eventually tossed all 3 chips.
ChadTower:
I definitely cracked a solder joint on a pin. When I pressed on it it went down. I'm fixing it now.
Silver:
--- Quote from: markrvp on December 06, 2006, 07:49:32 pm ---Yes, boot it on the Flash Bios side and then flip the switch to the other bank before flashing the new Bios. That way if you mess it up, you still have the Flash Bios side working to boot it up again.
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Nice one thanks - I take that the DIP restricts access? ie so once I've booted in flash bios and flip the switch, then I can only write to the other (cromwell) bios?