Single Bankstick issue

[experimental]

I just finished my Midisid:

One SID with 6581

One Core

One 16 x 2 LCD

Control surface A with pushbutton rotary controller

powered by optimized C64 PSU

MIOS 1.9

SID 1.73

Up until i built the bankstick everything seemed to be functioning correctly-

I built a single bankstick using a Amtel 24LC256-I/MS from Mouser, hooked it up and turned the MIDISID on, and it formatted the bankstick and made the customary slotmachine sounds counting up to Patch A 128-

Once it is finished the Screen shows

C019 Chn 3 1---

<No BankStick>

I can go into the CFG menu and swith the bank to A (all the rest have an * after the bank letter), but once I turn the MidiSid off it formats the BankStick all over again.

I checked the orientation of my wiring from the BankStick to J4 of the core and it appears to be correct-

I checked the continuity from all 4 wires J4 to the Bankstick 8 pin DIL socket at it appears fine.

When i go to upload the 128 preset patches, it appears to be accepting them but as soon it is done, it is empty.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks-

[pay_c]

Sorry to say that, but you should get a Microchip 24LC. I had the Atmel 24LC´s once, too, and they don´t work so good on the MB core, don´t ask me, why. Actually they get randomly formatted.

Just get on the microchip homepage and get yourself some 24LC512 (or 256) samples and you got no problems.

[HL-SDK]

Also, microchip needs a educational or registered business (email?) (address?) to send samples. I was dissapointed :'(

[experimental]

THanks- I have ordered a sample from Microchip-

Cross my fingers-

Will see what happens-

[AndrewMartens]

Also, microchip needs a educational or registered business (email?) (address?) to send samples. I was dissapointed :'(

Really?  Just make up a company name and use your home address, that should work.  Something like "HL-SDK Enterprises".

[experimental]

The Microchip Samples web site has received your Sample Order on 11/7/2006 at 10:38 AM United States Arizona Time.

Your Order number is: XXXXXX.

The items in your order are as follows:

Sample Item - Quantity Requested

24LC256-I/P - 1

We are in the process of scheduling your order for shipment and anticipate this to be completed shortly. According to the preferences you have selected in your profile, you will receive e-mail notifications about the status of your order including acknowledgement messages and shipping information.

Sincerely,

The Microchip Samples Team.

:)

[HL-SDK]

Maybe it's just for microcontrollers... Either way, I'll try again hmmmm

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Microchip currently only accepts online sample orders from registered business or university email addresses. We currently do not accept orders from generic ISP accounts. Please do one of the following:

1. Register with a valid business or university email address and place your sample order

:( Anyway... Maxim will send me samples... of what they have... :-/ lol

[AndrewMartens]

Maybe it's just for microcontrollers... Either way, I'll try again hmmmm

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Microchip currently only accepts online sample orders from registered business or university email addresses. We currently do not accept orders from generic ISP accounts. Please do one of the following:

1. Register with a valid business or university email address and place your sample order

:( Anyway... Maxim will send me samples... of what they have... :-/ lol

Ahhh, it was the *email* address.  Sorry, I didn't pick up on that for some reason.  Well, you could always register a domain name and get hosting for it, but that might negate the "getting free samples" part.  Still, if I were to think of it that way, I'm sure that the samples I got this year would have already paid for my domain and hosting costs...

[c0nsumer]

Why not just buy them? The 24LC512 (enough room for all presets and your custom patches on a MBSID) only costs $2.09 from Mouser.

[experimental]

I T W O R K E D-!!

THANKS FOR THE TIP-

I WOULDNT WASTE MY TIME WITH THE AMTEL-  TOO MUCH FRUSTRATION....

I WOULD ONLY RECOMMEND THE MICROCHIP...

I WASTED TOO MUCH TIME AND RISKED DAMAGE BY CHECKING SOLDER JOINTS OVER AND OVER AND OVER -

PHOTOS SOON.

THANKS SO MUCH-- :)