Hi,

I am doing a quick test of the board and I don't get any display. They are the same components I used before (gfx / memory) and they still work since I tested it on my A1SE. There is power since all the keyboard lights come on. I also changed the cmos battery to be sure. Any ideas or suggestions since I got the feeling I am overlooking something.

Coder

Peg1s can be very picky when it come to RAM.

But back in the day (read 2002) my Peg1 also seemed DOA until I once connected another puter to look for the serial debug.

Afterwards it booted regardless of serial connection......

@Kronos

I am trying to setup a serial debug at this moment. I am just thinking that the only thing different is the keyboard. Is it that picky it won't display without a) kb connected b) not supported kb?

Coder

IIRC using no keyboard at all is not supported on Peg1. But I'm not sure if you should at least see the BIOS message of the gfx card.

@Kronos

What program did you use on the other computer for the serial debug? I got XP running on it.

Coder

@analogkid

Just to be sure I used another KB not still no display.

Coder

XP ???

Isn't there "HyperTerminal" somewhere preinstalled (I think that one came with XP, or was it 98 ??).
Otherwise just google for it...

Settings should be:
115200 8n1 (8bit no parity 1 stop bit)


[ Edited by Kronos 15.05.2011 - 11:55 ]

@Kronos

I know. It is the only machine with a serial port. I will give it a try.

Coder

Quote:
PuTTY does the job as well.

have you tried to use a normal Virge PCI graphic card (instead of AGP) to see if there's display output?

@@Kronos

Sadly I am not getting any output on my other computer. Could be a faulty serial cable.

Coder

@Crumb

I tried a PCI card which was a SIS. That is the only one I have. But no luck. I also tried two other memory modules.

Coder

Too bad

Have you tried different memory modules? try 100Mhz and 133Mhz ones.

Maybe adding a new coin battery would help.

PS: Teraterm is a good terminal program for XP. Remember that your serial cable must be "null modem".

@Crumb

I tried two different modules but no luck. I used the one from the A1Se which still works and worked in the Peg before. I used the cmos battery from the A1SE.

I will try to score a new serial cable.

Coder

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[ Edited by Velcro_SP 06.09.2011 - 07:29 ]

coder

The batt it would not be, its not a Teron aka Amiga 1....

man Phreeboard havent heard that term in a while! :)

Yay! Play Freebird!

@Velcro_SP

I have no IDE cables connected to the board. I always strip it to a minimum. Surely it does not need a HD to be connected to display, right?

Coder