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| Most of these are test pins. The only ones that were connected was AVDD and RTT3, both should be fine left disconnected! | | Most of these are test pins. The only ones that were connected was AVDD and RTT3, both should be fine left disconnected! |
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| == Ethernet testing ==
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| I decided to try and figure out if the reason the remaining Ethernet was broken was due to me using the wrong type of Ethernet cable: I usually run small cross-over cables from the switch on my desk but the board may need an actual cable.
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| I booted the board and confirmed VGA works, but I was having serious problems with serial garbage. I had to send a break to get the Linux prompt to show itself.
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| Surprisingly, the board no longer acknowledges it has any Ethernet ports. It doesn't seem to show up in lspci either. Really not sure what is happening here.
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| I tried to reboot the board and go in to setup to check that. The delete key didn't work. In fact only some keys on my PS/2 keyboard worked. Same with a USB to PS/2 adapter. I did try to
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| VGA turned garbled very fast while the machine was running. I lifted the board up and found the RAM stick fell out. That's not normal, right? RAM sticks aren't supposed to do that.
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| Also the reset button isn't working. I think this started when working on the VGA port, not the BIOS or Ethernet.
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| I think the next step is clear: Fix the RAM slot.
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| == To-do == | | == To-do == |
| I need to: | | I need to: |
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| * Repair traces | | * Debug why remaining Ethernet is broken |
| * Reinstall Ethernet
| | *Repair the Ethernet |
| * Validate the USB power cable | | * Re-create the broken output |
| * Fix the RAM | |
| * Run a memory test using memtest86+ and its serial mode | | * Run a memory test using memtest86+ and its serial mode |
| * Debug why remaining Ethernet is broken
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| * Debug why PS/2 is broken
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| * Check if it was the BIOS breaking the VGA
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| *Repair the reset button
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