Re: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800

2018-01-02 Thread Nick Allen via cctalk
Well... Finally figured it out!  Found a lose solder blob shorting 2 pins on one of the motherboard ICs.  That explains why I've been going crazy trying to figure out why it's been so random and intermittent.  Thanks everyone for chiming in, and helping out! On 1/1/2018 6:12 PM, Nick Allen wr

RE: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800

2018-01-01 Thread William Sudbrink via cctalk
ctalk Sent: Monday, January 01, 2018 6:34 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800 cleaning the connector pins with a brass brush solved the issue, thanks everyone!! On 1/1/2018 5:03 PM, Nick Allen wrote: > Thanks for the tips everyone! I can confirm power

Re: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800

2018-01-01 Thread Nick Allen via cctalk
I spoke too soon, I think simply cleaning the contacts rattled a short and dumb luck made it boot the first time.  By pressing the fatherboard I can see characters corrupt when running a program, guess I need to do some more digging to find out exactly where and why this is happening. On 1/1/

Re: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800

2018-01-01 Thread Nick Allen via cctalk
cleaning the connector pins with a brass brush solved the issue, thanks everyone!! On 1/1/2018 5:03 PM, Nick Allen wrote: Thanks for the tips everyone!  I can confirm power is GOOD, and the problem persists even without the RAM installed (Just CPU and MP-C or MP-S board).  I am going to clean

Re: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800

2018-01-01 Thread Nick Allen via cctalk
Thanks for the tips everyone!  I can confirm power is GOOD, and the problem persists even without the RAM installed (Just CPU and MP-C or MP-S board).  I am going to clean the buss connectors and see if it helps! On 1/1/2018 12:32 PM, Nick Allen wrote: Hey everyone, Happy New Years!  I am thank

Re: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800

2018-01-01 Thread Chris Elmquist via cctalk
gt; Original message > From: Nick Allen via cctalk > Date: 2018-01-01 10:32 AM (GMT-08:00) > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800 > > Hey everyone, Happy New Years!  I am thankful for an active community > that enjoys helpi

Re: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800

2018-01-01 Thread Brad H via cctalk
I had that happening on mine.. came down to a bad RAM board. Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: Nick Allen via cctalk Date: 2018-01-01 10:32 AM (GMT-08:00) To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800 Hey everyone

RE: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800

2018-01-01 Thread William Sudbrink via cctalk
cult to remove and insert. Bill S. -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Nick Allen via cctalk Sent: Monday, January 01, 2018 1:32 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800 Hey everyone, Happy New Years! I

Help diagnosing boot issue SWTPC 6800

2018-01-01 Thread Nick Allen via cctalk
Hey everyone, Happy New Years!  I am thankful for an active community that enjoys helping each other learn, and today I am coming with an ask for help. I have a SWTPC 6800 and ADM3A terminal, I can get it to boot, and when it boots it will continue to boot for several hours.  But getting it to