I have a 130 xe that was working fine about a week ago. I turned it on today and it went right to the self test. I changed the keyboard to see if maybe it was a stuck key, but that didn't help. So, no matter what I do the self teat comes up even when a cartridge in inserted. Can anybody tell me why this would happen, and how I can fix the issue?
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atari 130xe power up issue
Started by Rick22, Jan 19 2011 4:47 PM
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Posted Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:18 PM
could be any number of things.
Do you get any red blocks on the ROM and RAM self test?
As it is an XE it is almost certain that the RAM has died
Do you get any red blocks on the ROM and RAM self test?
As it is an XE it is almost certain that the RAM has died
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Posted Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:34 PM
mimo, on Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:18 PM, said:
could be any number of things.
Do you get any red blocks on the ROM and RAM self test?
As it is an XE it is almost certain that the RAM has died
Do you get any red blocks on the ROM and RAM self test?
As it is an XE it is almost certain that the RAM has died
Yes, almost all of them are red.
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Posted Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:57 PM
you need to open it up and find out which RAM chips are used.
Remove and replace.
De-soldering can be tricky as the XE PCBs are crap and you can very easily damage a trace lift a pad etc etc
Remove and replace.
De-soldering can be tricky as the XE PCBs are crap and you can very easily damage a trace lift a pad etc etc
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Posted Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:40 PM
mimo, on Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:57 PM, said:
you need to open it up and find out which RAM chips are used.
Remove and replace.
De-soldering can be tricky as the XE PCBs are crap and you can very easily damage a trace lift a pad etc etc
Remove and replace.
De-soldering can be tricky as the XE PCBs are crap and you can very easily damage a trace lift a pad etc etc
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Posted Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:24 PM
replace them all, they are probly MT ram, which are not good... remove both banks of ram and put new sockets/drams in, and you should be golden...
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