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XT-IDE (Blue Lava Systems) Card Failure...

T-Squared

T-Squared

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Somehow, the XT-IDE card that I use in my Sanyo (yes, I'm still working on it) has failed. I have checked multiple factors including:

*Card-To-ISA Slot contact (Even moved it to a different slot to check if it worked, and used contact cleaner)
*ROM Integrity (My XGecu reader reads and shows the information inside. Even went into the XT-IDE config tool to make sure my IDE address was properly configured.)
*Soldering Contact on the logic chips (This one was suspect, since some of the joints looked like there wasn't enough solder between pins and pads, and some of them may have gone cold.)
*Switched off Hi-Speed mode.
*Swapped out the processor/BIOS ROM board, just to be sure, if the BIOS was acting wonky.

The card also does light up the Card Detect and Power LEDs on a CF-to-IDE extender.

Not sure where the problem lies.
 
T-Squared said:
... has failed.
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What are the symptoms ?
E.g. Not seeing the XTIDE Universal BIOS' (XUB) banner/splash screen appear ?
E.g. To the right of "Master at 300h:", not seeing the model information of the attached CF card ?
E.g. Error message of ...

T-Squared said:
*Switched off Hi-Speed mode.
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Which would require that the 'Device type' in the XUB be reconfigured.

T-Squared said:
Not sure where the problem lies.
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Tried it in a different computer ?
 
I didn't try it in a different computer.

What I'm having trouble with is that it doesn't seem to be detected, period.

As in, it completely ignores it and goes straight to the normal BIOS floppy boot sequence. Yes, normally, I would have the "XT-IDE Universal BIOS, Master at 300h, Slave at 320h" screen with the cyan and yellow options at the top, but it's just not there.
 
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Did you do something "obvious/silly" like disable the EEPROM by bumping the switch?
 
T-Squared said:
I didn't try it in a different computer.
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Worth a try.

T-Squared said:
What I'm having trouble with is that it doesn't seem to be detected, period.

As in, it completely ignores it and goes straight to the normal BIOS floppy boot sequence. Yes, normally, I would have the "XT-IDE Universal BIOS, Master at 300h, Slave at 320h" screen with the cyan and yellow options at the top, but it's just not there.
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On the Sanyo, run the RAYXTIDE tool at [here] and see if it reports finding the XTIDE Universal BIOS (XUB) at the expected address (and reports no problems).
 
T-Squared said:
Somehow, the XT-IDE card that I use in my Sanyo (yes, I'm still working on it) has failed. I have checked multiple factors including:

*Card-To-ISA Slot contact (Even moved it to a different slot to check if it worked, and used contact cleaner)
*ROM Integrity (My XGecu reader reads and shows the information inside. Even went into the XT-IDE config tool to make sure my IDE address was properly configured.)
*Soldering Contact on the logic chips (This one was suspect, since some of the joints looked like there wasn't enough solder between pins and pads, and some of them may have gone cold.)
*Switched off Hi-Speed mode.
*Swapped out the processor/BIOS ROM board, just to be sure, if the BIOS was acting wonky.

The card also does light up the Card Detect and Power LEDs on a CF-to-IDE extender.

Not sure where the problem lies.
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Did you get this fixed?
 
Oh hai, @ShawnR!

No, unfortunately, I haven't yet. I'm thinking of making an ISA card extender (I have some copper etch boards and one extra female ISA card connector that I can use, for a later experiment I want to try), because I haven't been able to test any of the chips reliably. (It's very cramped in the computer, and I can't get my logic probe to contact any pins on the chips.)
 
If you PM me your address I will send you a replacement, eBay doesn't keep sales record for very long. Did you check the fuses in the lower left corner?
 
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