| A FYI regarding my Paris troubles and resolutions. [message #93355] |
Wed, 05 December 2007 20:12  |
Tom Bruhl
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To all that helped or are just interested,
You may recall in July I had a major league meltdown
of my 5 card/Magma/2 Mec, Lucid WC system.
I tried adding two more Mecs with a Mixer Mixer to allow
4 aux buses to tie together. As soon as I tied Mec #3 into
the mix Paris wouldn't boot. Later I was taught me to remove the
Paris Default Project from the Paris folder to help this situation.
I then hastily booted up Paris with a Mec half plugged in and sparks =
flew.
That mec is unrepairable. We tried. It smoked a chip in the Master =
section
labeled fP94AD
DM74LS
244WM
I bought 10 of them (SN74LS244DW) at Digikey.com for short money.
After this point I could never get the clock lights to lock or Paris to =
work with or without the
Lucid involved. My tech was right in assuming the same chip was fried =
across
all of the other Mecs. I later realized that a bent pin on 2 x SCSI 2 =
cables were
probably frying that same chip in every Mec I bought and tried (no smoke =
though).
Fast forward. During all of this I removed the Magma, Lucid and the =
main Paris computer.
I built a new (old) Paris computer using Dimitrios' Root C installation. =
This has to be helping.
I also eliminated Pace. I have installed everything including 4 EDS and =
a UAD into this computer
along with more quality plugins than my previous rig. It is stable and =
very powerful.
The chip that was stated above has been the cure all for all of the =
fried Mecs except the
first that actually saw sparks. So if your clock stops locking on a Mec =
this chip may be your savior.
It only takes a little over an hour for the whole job once you've done =
it a couple of times.
Thanks to all that helped me through this namely Mike Audet, Rod =
Lincoln, my tech Dave Matheson,
Jon Jiles, Paul Artola, Justin LaPierre, Dimitrios, Deej, Kim and one =
other person that I bought a Mec from
whose name escapes me.
Thanks to this whole group for all your answers!
Bottom line - all is better than ever in Paris.
Tom B.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To all that helped or are just=20
interested,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You may recall in July I had a major =
league=20
meltdown</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>of my 5 card/Magma/2 Mec, Lucid=20
WC system.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I tried adding two more Mecs with a =
Mixer Mixer to=20
allow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4 aux buses to tie together. As =
soon as I=20
tied Mec #3 into</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the mix Paris wouldn't =
boot. Later I=20
was taught me to remove the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Paris Default Project from the Paris =
folder to help=20
this situation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I then hastily booted up =
Paris with=20
a Mec half plugged in and sparks flew.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>That mec is unrepairable. We =
tried. It smoked=20
a chip in the Master section</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>labeled fP94AD</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2> =20
DM74LS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2> =20
244WM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I bought 10 of them (SN74LS244DW) at =
Digikey.com=20
for short money.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>After this point I could never get the =
clock lights=20
to lock or Paris to work with or without the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Lucid involved. My tech was right =
in assuming=20
the same chip was fried across</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>all of the other Mecs. I later =
realized that=20
a bent pin on 2 x SCSI 2 cables were</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>probably frying that same chip in every =
Mec I=20
bought and tried (no smoke though).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Fast forward. During all of this =
I removed=20
the Magma, Lucid and the main Paris computer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I built a new (old) Paris computer =
using=20
Dimitrios' Root C installation. This has to be =
helping.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I also eliminated Pace. I have =
installed=20
everything including 4 EDS and a UAD into this computer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>along with more quality plugins than my =
previous=20
rig. It is stable and very powerful.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The chip that was stated =
above has been=20
the cure all for all of the fried Mecs except the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>first that actually saw sparks. =
So if your=20
clock stops locking on a Mec this chip may be your savior.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It only takes a little over an hour for =
the whole=20
job once you've done it a couple of times.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks to all that helped me through =
this namely=20
Mike Audet, Rod Lincoln, my tech Dave Matheson,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jon Jiles, Paul Artola, Justin =
LaPierre, Dimitrios,=20
Deej, Kim and one other person that I bought a Mec =
from</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>whose name escapes me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks to this whole group for all your =
answers!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bottom line - a</FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>ll is better than ever in Paris.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tom B.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR><BR>I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, =
and=20
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href=3D"http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html">http://www.polesoft.com/refer=
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