Re: [SM] NT: Help! S900 dead after Daystar/XLR8 G4 ZIF installation

2005-08-07 Thread Adrian O'Sullivan
Thanks, guys, for the (as always) welcome suggestions. The good news is the S900 is up and running again normally ('nominally' I believe they say at NASA) with my old Sonnet Crescendo G3/400 installed (chimes and max RAM included!). The bad news is: there must therefore be something wrong with

Re: [SM] NT: Help! S900 dead after Daystar/XLR8 G4 ZIF installation

2005-08-07 Thread Charles Davis
On Sunday, August 7, 2005, at 01:31 PM, Adrian O'Sullivan wrote: Thanks, guys, for the (as always) welcome suggestions. The good news is the S900 is up and running again normally ('nominally' I believe they say at NASA) with my old Sonnet Crescendo G3/400 installed (chimes and max RAM

Re: [SM] NT: Help! S900 dead after Daystar/XLR8 G4 ZIF installation

2005-08-04 Thread BigMomma
Hi. I tried that too but nothing happened. I think it is my power supply. Someone on the list gave me the name of a place in Toronto that will wire a new power supply for the S900 but I lost it. If they are still using the list would you be so kind as to send me the info again.

Re: [SM] NT: Help! S900 dead after Daystar/XLR8 G4 ZIF installation

2005-08-04 Thread Jeff Walther
At 08:45 -0400 08/04/2005, BigMomma wrote: Hi. I tried that too but nothing happened. I think it is my power supply. Someone on the list gave me the name of a place in Toronto that will wire a new power supply for the S900 but I lost it. If they are still using the list would you be so

[SM] NT: Help! S900 dead after Daystar/XLR8 G4 ZIF installation

2005-08-03 Thread Adrian O'Sullivan
Help! (Jeff Walther and Will S RU there?!). Well, after all these years with Supermacs, I feel like a newbie again! On the positive side, I've just successfully upgraded one S900 (built by me from empty case) from a 604e to a Daystar/XLR8 G4 ZIF (purchased new from Daystar) and have it running

Re: [SM] NT: Help! S900 dead after Daystar/XLR8 G4 ZIF installation

2005-08-03 Thread Jeff Walther
At 19:18 -0700 08/03/2005, Adrian O'Sullivan wrote: BUT ... on the negative side ... I've just attempted to upgrade its sister vessel (an identical S900 with the same 50 MHz bus speed, also built by me from more-or-less empty case) from a Sonnet G3 Crescendo 400 to a Daystar/XLR8 G4 ZIF (also

Re: [SM] NT: Help! S900 dead after Daystar/XLR8 G4 ZIF installation

2005-08-03 Thread Eric Ladner
On Aug 3, 2005, at 9:17 PM, Jeff Walther wrote: For that matter, I think you can plug a CPU in that second CPU slot just to test teh board, though I've never tried it myself, so take that with a block of salt. It's just the pinout in that slot is the same so it ought to work and that would