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Ipac2 still powered on after shutdown ****PROBLEM SOLVED****
Zaven:
--- Quote ---If I understand correctly you are just "warm" booting the PC - and I'm guessing that the PC does not cut power long enough to the USB to reset the ipac
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EDIT: I am fully shutting down the pc, but leaving the PSU on.
--- Quote ---EDIT:Before you try below just try shutting down the PC completely and waiting for the green light to go off.
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I have already done this several times, and if i wait 4-5 seconds the green light goes off, and i can boot back up and everything works perfectly.
With that information, should i still do the tests you mentioned?
DeLuSioNal29:
Something similar happened to me with Maximus Arcade and my i-pac4. However, upon further inspection (it happened outside of Maximus as well) I realized that it was a faulty I-pac. Andy from Ultimarc send me a replacement i-pac chip and it solved the problem. My problem was with p1sw1 by the way. I simply swapped out the player 1 - 2 chip.
Here's some possible solutions on how to fix it:
Try downloading the ipac ultility to program it here: http://www.ultimarc.com/winipac_ipd.html
- Try setting a key to change your config and then program your ipac. then revert back to the default and then program it again. Sometimes changing the config and re-flashing the ipac will reset it and make it work properly.
- Contact Andy from Ultimarc. He can better suggest things to try. Point him to this forum topic as well.
Some suggestions: Run your test WITHOUT the keyboard plugged into the pass through on the i-pac. This will eliminate any doubt that the keyboard is interfering with things. Plug your keyboard directly into the computer while testing. Once you get it to work, then you can use it through the pass through to troubleshoot further.
Also, once you get it fixed, make sure you are grounded before touching it and make sure the computer is OFF before connecting/disconnecting anything. Even a small static discharge can ruin an i-pac.
Make sure you run your tests OUTSIDE of Maximus Arcade. If they still fail, it's not MA it's something else. Try to have the least amount of variables possible when testing. Eliminate the frontend, so that you don't wonder if that's what's causing the problem, when it could be something else.
Hope this helped.
~ DeLuSioNaL
swamprat96:
Zaven,
Whilst it could be a faulty Ipac I doubt it. Because the green light stays on for 4-5 seconds after shutdown- in a warm boot the Ipac is still powered on in its last state- so it can not reset. You are then trying to feed it a new set of instructions when it is still loaded with the last lot. There maybe a setting in the BIOS of the PC to slow down a warm reboot - so that the USB powers down. But the simple advice is always shutdown then restart- which is what I do with my cabs. I *think* there maybe no problem here. Its really common for modern PC's to do this- if I power down one of mine and pull the power plug it takes a good 4-5 seconds before the led on the motherboard goes out.
However I would try Delusionals tests- try resetting the ipac and see if it takes the instruction. Also forward this thread to Andy as he knows his ipacs back to front.
Zaven:
First off, thanks for joining the party Delusional =) I tried reprogramming the ipac to default, still have the same problem. Also, have had the keyboard completely unplugged, and i am testing with keyboard test, outside of max arcade.
--- Quote ---Whilst it could be a faulty Ipac I doubt it. Because the green light stays on for 4-5 seconds after shutdown
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I think i may have answered you wrong earlier, you had asked me if i was doing a warm reboot. Actually, I am shutting the pc down via windows shutdown button (but leaving the PSU switched to on) If i leave the PSU supplying power to the pc, (even with the pc not running) the green light never goes off, until i switch the PSU off. At that time it powers down 4-5 seconds later.
swamprat96:
Zaven- PSU is power supply unit?? Presuming so - it seems as though your motherboard supplies power to the usb ports/hub even at shutdown.
Whatever- the green led tells you that the IPAC is receiving power even when the motherboard is powered down. I can't see the usb leads in the video clearly enough but I'm guessing they are plugged into the motherboard's usb sockets? Or is it an external hub drawing power from the PSU.
But as long as the ipac is powered up it can't reset. That might still be an IPAC problem. Can you try it on another PC?
Also- when you reset the ipac- it took the reset OK? If so another sign that it maybe OK
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