[iyonix-support] Re: common-mode false disc error 23's

In message <4589B8DC.2020909@xxxxxxxxxx>
          John Ballance <jwb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> Roger Darlington wrote:
>> Just now, I have had the Iyonix refuse to start up correctly, and end
>> up in VGA mode which then took ages to stop the hourglass circulating.
[snip]
>> 
>> What circumstances can invoke common-mode and false 'disc error 23'
>> errors?
> 
> crashed dma hardware in the ali chip.. only recoverable with a power off
> .. it does NOT have a 'software getout' mechanism.. (or at least we have
> not discovered or been told of any)
> 
That sounds like a problem that isn't going to be sorted out in a chip 
design that is presumably at least four years old.  Time for Iyonix 
II?

Regards

-- 
Andrew Pinder
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