napierzaza Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 I've checked the continuity of my bankstick several times over. It's not working though. Are there any steps I have to take to prime it? It continues to say <no bankstick> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 No "priming" necessary. Just correct building and connecting.[ x ] got pictures?[ x ] got any usable info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Did you also check your core module? Note the "flying wires" (see http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp/mbhp_core_v3.gif) which are required if you don't use a PCB from SmashBest Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozr Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 If you want to check your work against mine, I posted some pics yesterday. The first stick was fine, but don't follow my wiring for #2-#4 as I had some troubles making out the text on the image.Search for message "Bankstuck" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Search for message "Bankstuck"lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00dawg Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Not sure if it helps, but I had some initial issues with my banksticks. One was I had +5V connected to what was supposed to be ground on one of the banks. Whoops :) Another was my terrible wiring job (it was my first protoboard) which caused data corruption and, in fact, when I used teh SID 1.7 firmware, it would actually hang when formatting one of the chips.That said, you may want to double-check your wiring for the banks to make sure it is correct. I used this page religiously. Also, if you are making a multi-bankstick board, it might be worth building a printed board rather than trying to wire all that up on a protoboard. That's what I'm going to end up doing anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napierzaza Posted August 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 I checked over and over again and it seemed fine. But I got so fed up I completely undid all of the wiring and just re did it completely. It's working now.Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 [ X ] never rule out wiring problems.[ ] got pictures?[ ] any useful information?;DGlad it's working now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napierzaza Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Me thinks in the future I will be making a Bankstick PCB. I'm starting to think it's worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00dawg Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Mine is supposedly still in the mail :) It's a good starter project for making your own PCBs and it's not terribly expensive. Here's a link to toe post on the topic: http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,12009.0.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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