napierzaza Posted August 15, 2008 Report 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
nILS Posted August 15, 2008 Report Posted August 15, 2008 No "priming" necessary. Just correct building and connecting.[ x ] got pictures?[ x ] got any usable info? Quote
TK. Posted August 15, 2008 Report 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
Snoozr Posted August 15, 2008 Report 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
m00dawg Posted August 16, 2008 Report 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
napierzaza Posted August 16, 2008 Author Report 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
nILS Posted August 16, 2008 Report Posted August 16, 2008 [ X ] never rule out wiring problems.[ ] got pictures?[ ] any useful information?;DGlad it's working now. Quote
napierzaza Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report 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
m00dawg Posted August 19, 2008 Report 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
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