Mach II st - full blown Mach II

[Gandalf]

Well, now the only way for me to test it, is for Raptor to test a "normal" cable at is ST and see if it works. If it does .. then i think some of us have a non workable usb conection ..

 

[Ferret]

Yeah must be a firmware thing or something. Some are working some arn't.

Cheers for the info!

 

[Epicurus]

There should be a sticker telling you wher firm where you have. Can people post whats on the sticker so we can get an idea

Mine is Chip Cool 751

 

[BADpEnNy]

so Epicurus you've got it working now ?

 

[Epicurus]

not yet. I am going to try what Brwmogazos put on thelast page.

I have had to move my PC as I am wall paper stripping. ( Might look like there are some that work and some that dont.. Thats why I asked for people to put what firm where was labled on the chip to see if there was a way of telling

 

[Gandalf]

There should be a sticker telling you wher firm where you have. Can people post whats on the sticker so we can get an idea

Mine is Chip Cool 751

Same here.

 

[Raptor]

Same here.

That wont take us nowhere...

Both ST and GT have the same Chip Cold 751...

 

[BADpEnNy]

Serious well i may try out the GT software also ) wish me luck

phil be aware plz he he just kidding

btw got a few contact probs since casechg may need a new cpu kit phil mail me on that if ya can sort me out )slight damage on metal mounting part does that come on its own ...bet not ! oops drunk ...mnust post sober

 

[Epicurus]

will try again later today and see what I get...

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

From a discussion with my source at nVENTIV, this mod doesnt work with *all* generation 1 ST's. I have no idea why - it would suggest its a firmware thing, which you can get round, but other than that, maybe its a variation in the design of the pcb on the control board - who knows.

 

[Epicurus]

thoes that have it working and if you can take a pic or to post it up and those that have not got it working also take some pic and we can compare and see if we can work it out

 

[Gandalf]

If its a firmware thing, it's gona be complicated since we don't have the conection to upload a new one. I will get a "non workable" photo of mine later.

 

[Raptor]

From what i saw, the PCB is exactly the same on the GT and ST.

 

[Epicurus]

I have got a USB2 cable which I can going to cut and try that and see what hapens

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

Keep us posted. I know for a fact some work and some dont - but I have no idea what is causing this - and neither do nVENTIV from what I could make out.

 

[pablo906]

Well if it is hooked up White Green Red Black on both the prommy and the boards then it's a linear connection, ie. red white green black both ways would work the same. If someone could please verify that I am correct here it would be great thx.

 

[Gandalf]

I have got a USB2 cable which I can going to cut and try that and see what hapens

U are our last hope

 

[Ferret]

Well if it is hooked up White Green Red Black on both the prommy and the boards then it's a linear connection, ie. red white green black both ways would work the same. If someone could please verify that I am correct here it would be great thx.

Yep thats what we managed to work out, linear connection. Make sure you plug the USB in when windows has finished loading.

 

[Epicurus]

I have come to the conclusion that mine is one that does not work.

 

[slim]

i fired it up only to find that i had the following LEDs on:- flashing green ,solid yellow ,solid yellow,solid red,(gutted).

My ST does the same... does it need a firmware update. If so, why?

Also... my mobo just died

It seems if I shut down my pc but forget to unplug the mach2 mains, I get ice forming around the evap head, just where the main hose meets the block. It is usually fairly trivial but this time I left it on all night and there was a massive chunk of ice around this area (massive).