[iyonix-support] Re: 516 and the Network Chip Problem
- From: Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:47:40 +0000
On 1 Feb, John M Ward wrote in message
<50e2b67321john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I am one of those who haven't yet upgraded to RISC OS 5.16 because, when I
> tried the softload, the networking became unavailable. This was something
> I had encountered with 5.14 softload so had already abandoned that and
> reverted to 5.11 where I am now. I didn't know then what was the cause of
> the problem; it was covered here recently, which was helpful.
>
> I waited for a solution to be proposed, but unless have I missed it none
> has come -- apart from "fingering the mains switch", whatever that means,
> and it sounds undesirable anyway. I have tried a few things, including
> shutting down and re-starting immediately, but cannot get the network
> (chip) to initialise. I cannot operate without it, so am stuck.
This is getting silly. Like a Witch Hunt, we now have people claiming
problems are due to recent ROM updates, with no evidence whatsoever.
Problems with the network chip (as well as other non-specific issues with
the system) seem to be often due to the PSU. The Iyonix motherboard seems
to be rather more sensitive to supply voltage than an I'd expect an
ATX-compatible board to be.
Otherwise, it sounds like a boot system problem, possible exacerbated by
adding in a softload. As others have asked, did you use Reporter to look
for any problems and to confirm that !Boot completed?
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Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England
http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/
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