All,

For what it's worth, our batch had the correct crystals (Epson
EEG-2121-100.000L).

The boards we have are:

D01020811
D01020829
D01020832

Regards,
Richard Black

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Dan Werthimer <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> casperites,
>
> regarding alec's email appended below:
>
> the serial numbers of roach2 boards that might have the wrong crystal
> oscillator,
> range from D01020800 to D01020900      (D010208xx).
>
> best wishes,
>
> dan
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:35 AM, Alec Rust <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all, we have found that an incorrect batch of crystal oscillators were
>> delivered to Digicom and these made their way onto some ROACH2 boards. The
>> batch affected is D01020800.
>>
>> The oscillator in question is U72, which is the 100 MHz FPGA clock. It is
>> supposed to be a LVDS output clock, but the incorrect parts are LVPECL. The
>> FPGA does work but intermittent problems occur. This also causes QDR
>> read/write errors.
>>
>> U72 is between the FPGA and the DDR3 DIMM slot.
>>
>> The incorrect part fitted is marked CCPD33. See attached photo of an
>> example of an incorrect and correct part. There are 2 parts that work:
>> Crystek CCLD-023-25-100.000 and the part currently shipping on ROACH2
>> boards which is the Epson EEG-2121-100.000L.
>>
>> Please check your boards and let Mo at Digicom know if you have the
>> incorrect part fitted.
>>
>> Regards
>> Alec
>>
>>
>

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