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PegasosII G3 -> Marvel main chip on mobo fried!
  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Acolyte of the Butterfly
    keropi
    Posts: 131 from 2006/11/11
    From: Ioannina , Greece
    that's right, while it was working, the big MARVEL chip got fried! there is a spot that was bright like a red led, and the smell of burnt electronics filled the air. there was no power probs on the network at the time... pure bad luck...!
    So now I hear bPlan *might* do repairs? genesi cannot help me at all, they replied fast to my emails...
    wth to do now? I only used it for 20mins damnit, not even got a chance to install MOS! (got it 2nd hand)
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  • »18.06.07 - 17:02
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    SoundSquare
    Posts: 1214 from 2004/12/1
    From: Paris, France
    send a email to info(at)bplan(dot)de to see if they can help u in any way
  • »18.06.07 - 17:06
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    Korni
    Posts: 472 from 2006/2/23
    From: the Planet of ...
    Bad luck :( Wondering what caused that.
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  • »18.06.07 - 17:28
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    magnetic
    Posts: 2129 from 2003/3/1
    From: Los Angeles
    keropi


    sorry to hear this. I have to say its a rather unusual fault. In all the years of hearing about probs that may happen to peg, this is a first time i've seen the marvell chip go bad.. strange for it to get so hot. worse can, maybe you can get an electronics company to desolder and solder a new chip..

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  • »18.06.07 - 19:31
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    hooligan
    Posts: 1948 from 2003/2/23
    From: Lahti, Finland
    May I ask how you were able to see it actually burn, I mean.. the mobo should be inside a case.. unless of course you have a transparent one.
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  • »19.06.07 - 01:27
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Acolyte of the Butterfly
    keropi
    Posts: 131 from 2006/11/11
    From: Ioannina , Greece
    I was able to see it because at the time I had the case open on my desk... I had replaced the HD with a new 80GB , and was trying to install MOS on it... I did not notice the red spot on the MARVEL until I got up to see why the hell it was not booting after a reset...
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  • »19.06.07 - 03:31
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    Kronos
    Posts: 2451 from 2003/2/24
    I know atleast one case were a dead CPU (due to failling fan) also killed the NB, but that doesn't seem to be the case here ?
  • »19.06.07 - 10:15
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    Golem
    Posts: 766 from 2003/2/28
    From: Denmark
    Quote:

    I know atleast one case were a dead CPU (due to failling fan) also killed the NB, but that doesn't seem to be the case here ?

    Probably not with a G3.
  • »19.06.07 - 11:31
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    CLS2086
    Posts: 168 from 2005/8/25
    From: West of PARIS
    Hi,
    remember me an old strange case.
    It was a Seagate 420 mb ide hdd that burnt controler after some weeks...
    Keep the Faith !
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  • »19.06.07 - 18:00
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    Crumb
    Posts: 736 from 2003/2/24
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    I'm sorry, but I don't think repairing your motherboard will be easy neither cheap.

    The northbridge are BPGA chips and are probably fairly difficult to find and solder.

    I wish you good luck but I don't think you can get it fixed for less than 200?.
  • »20.06.07 - 08:40
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Acolyte of the Butterfly
    keropi
    Posts: 131 from 2006/11/11
    From: Ioannina , Greece
    I sent it to bplan, they have spare parts for existing customers.... but only for existing customers and they need to send the old hardware first. and it is not cheap, it takes 200eur .
    But I could not stand a burned amiga hardware!
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  • »20.06.07 - 13:33
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    DJBase
    Posts: 745 from 2003/4/6
    From: Germany
    damn, 200 euro again, well, but cheaper then getting a second Peg board I guess.
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  • »20.06.07 - 15:44
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Acolyte of the Butterfly
    keropi
    Posts: 131 from 2006/11/11
    From: Ioannina , Greece
    from what I understood, 200eur is the standar fee.
    but I must add that bplan is VERY helpfull and kind, I did not expect such great attitude towards a customer, I expected some standar raw corporate replies :-) they are nice people :-D
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  • »21.06.07 - 04:21
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