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Francois Lanciault wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> My main QL setup consist of a Aurora+SuperGoldCard+QUBIDE. To the
> QUBIDE I have two HD one of 100MB and the other 270 MB. Up to today,
> I had no problem with this system. But now when I fire up the
> computer, it hang just after the QUBIDE banner. There is no scaning
> for HD and no HD reported. Pressing F1/F2 does nothing.
>
> First thing I thought was: some connection got loose inside the
> computer. So I re-seated every card and every cable. Same problem.
> Next probable cause: bad HD. I unplugged both HD and tried again.
> Same problem : computer is stocked after displaying the QUBIDE
> banner. I guess it look like the QUBIDE card itself. It IS working to
> a certain point as I can see the banner on screen.
>
> I finally removed the QUBIDE card from the setup and the computer now
> work ok, albeit with no HD...
>
> So what can go wrong with a QUBIDE ? Rom ? Power converter ? The GAL
> chips ? (Whatever that is). Is it reparable ? Is it supposed not to
> hang the computer if there is no HD attached ?
No - it will report that.
Any thoughts ?
>
> My QUBIDE rom version is 1.56, the QUBIDE PCB is v2.1.
>
It is worth removing the EPROM and using a RESPR version of the driver.
That will eliminate the EPROM as a cause. As you get the banner, it
seems likely the Eprom is OK. Next to be suspicious of are the GALs.
You really need a working qubide to test chips on!
I would be happy to look at it, and I have replacement GALs.
Tony
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