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#289914 - 17/11/2006 23:48 lightning strike - no hard disk found
Mr.Plow new poster Registered: 17/11/2006 Posts: 3	I had a lightning strike that killed a bunch of my toys, including my empeg. I am getting a disk error. I found a similar post in this forum hinting that there is a stuck bit on the IDE bus and that the ethernet chip may be the real problem. The suggestion was to lift the pin on the enthernet chip. I can do this easily at work next week, if I knew which chip was the correct one. Can someone post a picture for me and make any other suggestions? thanks, empeg-car bootstrap v1.02 20001106 (hugo@empeg.com) If there is anyone present who wants to upgrade the flash, let them speak now, or forever hold their peace...it seems not. Let fly the Penguins of Linux! e000 v1.04 Copying kernel... Calling linux kernel... Uncompressing Linux..................................... done, booting the kerne l. Linux version 2.2.17-rmk5-np17-empeg52-hijack-v339 (root@ibbm) (gcc version 2.95 .3 20010315 (release)) #2 Thu Jun 12 12:58:10 EDT 2003 Processor: Intel StrongARM-1100 revision 11 NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.94.1 (c) 1998 Corel Computer Corp. empeg-car player (hardware revision 9, serial number 10102054) Command line: mem=16m Calibrating delay loop... 207.67 BogoMIPS Memory: 15016k/16M available (976k code, 20k reserved, 368k data, 4k init) Dentry hash table entries: 2048 (order 2, 16k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 16384 (order 4, 64k) Page cache hash table entries: 4096 (order 2, 16k) POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 16384 bhash 16384) IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli) Starting kswapd v 1.5 SA1100 serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at 0xf8010000 (irq = 15) is a SA1100 UART ttyS01 at 0xf8050000 (irq = 17) is a SA1100 UART ttyS02 at 0xf8030000 (irq = 16) is a SA1100 UART Signature is 206f6972 'rio ' Tuner: loopback=0, ID=-1 empeg display initialised. empeg dsp audio initialised empeg dsp mixer initialised empeg dsp initialised Could not find CS4231A (version=20) empeg remote control/panel button initialised. empeg usb initialised, PDIUSBD12 id 1012 empeg state support initialised 0089/88c1 (save to d0004a00). empeg RDS driver initialised empeg power-pic driver initialised (first boot) RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size empeg single channel IDE Probing primary interface... Probing primary interface... empeg-flash driver initialized smc chip id/revision 0x0003 smc_init couldn't find card RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0 RAMDISK: Loading 320 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done. VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). empeg-pump v0.03 (19980601) Press Ctrl-A to enter pump...VFS: Cannot open root device 03:05 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
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#289915 - 18/11/2006 00:01 Re: lightning strike - no hard disk found [Re: Mr.Plow]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31602 Loc: Seattle, WA	I don't see anything in that boot log specifically indicating that your player has a "stuck bit on the ethernet chip". The "No hard disk found" screen can be caused by a whole host of widely varying problems. There is something wrong with a chip in your player, though: Quote: Could not find CS4231A (version=20) Fortunately, as is indicated in the FAQ entry, you might be able to work around this issue by installing the latest version of Hijack. I've gotta say, though, if you got a lightning strike that damaged the player, you got away lucky if the only thing wrong is the CS4231A chip. I'd be careful of other possible failures. For example, its external AC power supply might be fried. Check things out carefully. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#289916 - 18/11/2006 02:59 Re: lightning strike - no hard disk found [Re: Mr.Plow]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14496 Loc: Canada	Upgrade your Hijack to the latest version, and then capture/post a new boot log from that. Thanks
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#289917 - 26/11/2006 22:14 Re: lightning strike - no hard disk found [Re: mlord]
Mr.Plow new poster Registered: 17/11/2006 Posts: 3	Okay, upgraded Hijack and have new boot log. I have inspected ide connector for bad solder joints and tried the drive on the 2nd connector. Additionally, I have tried the drive out of my old laptop just to see if the empeg would recognize it. I still have the hard drive error. I lost a router, ethernet switch, laptop, and computer all to the same lightning storm. My empeg symtoms sound similar to this post: http://empegbbs.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/285542/an/0/page/1#Post285542 (at least to my limited empeg knowledge) which is why i was thinking the ethernet controller. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mr.Plow empeg-car bootstrap v1.02 20001106 (hugo@empeg.com) If there is anyone present who wants to upgrade the flash, let them speak now, or forever hold their peace...it seems not. Let fly the Penguins of Linux! e000 v1.04 Copying kernel... Calling linux kernel... Uncompressing Linux..................................... done, booting the kerne l. Linux version 2.2.17-rmk5-np17-empeg52-hijack-v464 (hijack@rtr.ca) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #2 Fri Oct 27 01:00:29 EDT 2006 Processor: Intel StrongARM-1100 revision 11 Checking for extra DRAM: c1000000: wrote ffffffff, read e28cc001 NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.94.1 (c) 1998 Corel Computer Corp. empeg-car player (hardware revision 9, serial number 10102054) 16MB DRAM Command line: mem=16m Calibrating delay loop... 207.67 BogoMIPS Memory: 15008k/16M available (988k code, 20k reserved, 364k data, 4k init) Dentry hash table entries: 2048 (order 2, 16k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 16384 (order 4, 64k) Page cache hash table entries: 4096 (order 2, 16k) POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 16384 bhash 16384) IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli) Starting kswapd v 1.5 SA1100 serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at 0xf8010000 (irq = 15) is a SA1100 UART ttyS01 at 0xf8050000 (irq = 17) is a SA1100 UART ttyS02 at 0xf8030000 (irq = 16) is a SA1100 UART Signature is 206f6972 'rio ' Tuner: loopback=0, ID=-1 empeg display initialised. empeg dsp audio initialised empeg dsp mixer initialised empeg dsp initialised Could not find CS4231A (version=20) --> no visuals for Tuner/AUX. empeg remote control/panel button initialised. empeg usb initialised, PDIUSBD12 id 1012 empeg state support initialised 0089/88c1 (save to d0004f00). empeg RDS driver initialised empeg power-pic driver initialised (first boot) RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size empeg single channel IDE Probing primary interface... ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 Probing primary interface... ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000 ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xff7f ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xaa2a ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x5555 empeg-flash driver initialized smc chip id/revision 0x0003 smc_init couldn't find card RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0 RAMDISK: Loading 320 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done. VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). empeg-pump v0.03 (19980601) Press Ctrl-A to enter pump...VFS: Cannot open root device 03:05 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
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#289918 - 26/11/2006 22:36 Re: lightning strike - no hard disk found [Re: Mr.Plow]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14496 Loc: Canada	The empeg's ethernet chip is fried, and unfortunately it is sticking D7 on the data bus that gets shared with the drive(s) and other devices. If you don't need the ethernet (tunes uploading??), then you could just take an exacto knife and sever that one pin from the SMC ethernet chip, and the rest would probably work. Otherwise, major chip-replacement surgery is required on the SMC ethernet chip. Cheers
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#289919 - 27/11/2006 01:00 Re: lightning strike - no hard disk found [Re: mlord]
Mr.Plow new poster Registered: 17/11/2006 Posts: 3	So which pin needs to be severed? Any suggestions on where to get a replacement? I can get it installed at work. Anyone out there have a part number and source for a direct replacement? Thanks again, Mr.Plow Edited by Mr.Plow (27/11/2006 01:14)
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#289920 - 27/11/2006 01:31 Re: lightning strike - no hard disk found [Re: Mr.Plow]
maczrool pooh-bah Registered: 13/01/2002 Posts: 1649 Loc: Louisiana, USA	D7 is pin 63. PM me if you would like a new chip. We have a few. Hope this helps, Stu _________________________ If you want it to break, buy Sony!
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