x68000:soft_power_switch_troubleshooting_and_repair
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- | ===== Soft power switch | + | ===== Soft-power troubleshooting and repair ===== |
- | The following information is kind contribution by our forum members **Lydux** and **Caius**. This fix was applied to X68000 | + | The following information is kind contribution by our forum members **Lydux** and **Caius** |
- | The symptoms: X68000 powers on fine, but does not shut down when the soft-power button is pressed. The screen fades, Power LED does not change from Green to Red and the system | + | **The symptoms:** X68000 powers on fine, but does not shut down when the soft-power button is pressed. The screen fades, Power LED does not change from Green to Red and the PSU fan keeps spinning. The same happens with a regular ATX PSU. |
If this is your case then the problem is almost surely located on the IO board. | If this is your case then the problem is almost surely located on the IO board. | ||
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- | A condition using 4 signals is used to get the X68K turn on/off correctly : | + | **A condition using 4 signals is used to get the X68K turn on/off correctly :** |
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*Via the RTC (Real Time Clock) alarm signal (/ | *Via the RTC (Real Time Clock) alarm signal (/ | ||
- | *From the expansion bus (signal | + | *From the expansion bus (/EXPWON) |
- | *A signal from the system controller | + | *Via the front power switch |
+ | *Via the soft-sequence signal | ||
- | In normal operation, all these 4 signals must go logic High (+5v) to get a system shutdown. | + | In normal operation, all these 4 signals must go to logic High (+5v) to get a system shutdown. |
The problem might be due to a signal that is always stuck Low. | The problem might be due to a signal that is always stuck Low. | ||
- | If you look to the buffered | + | If you look at the Buffered |
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- | | + | **A program for testing these signals can be found here :** |
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- | A program for testing these signals can be found here: [[http:// | + | [[http:// |
- | Execute it more than one time. You should get : | + | **Execute it more than one time. You should get :** |
*RTC_ALARM = 1 or 0, depending on the current RTC configuration. | *RTC_ALARM = 1 or 0, depending on the current RTC configuration. | ||
*EXPWON = 1 | *EXPWON = 1 | ||
*PSON = 0 | *PSON = 0 | ||
- | if RTC_ALARM always stay to 0 : | + | **If RTC_ALARM always stay to 0 :** |
*Bad RTC chip (RP5C15) | *Bad RTC chip (RP5C15) | ||
- | If EXPWON = 0 : | + | **If EXPWON = 0 :** |
*Check the expansion riser, or remove it. | *Check the expansion riser, or remove it. | ||
*Check the " | *Check the " | ||
- | if PSON = 1 : | + | **If PSON = 1 :** |
*Damaged resistor R54 (should act as pullup) | *Damaged resistor R54 (should act as pullup) | ||
*Bad power switch | *Bad power switch | ||
- | And if all is ok, it could be : | + | **And if all is ok, it could be :** |
*Bad IC28 (74LS08) (stuck output). | *Bad IC28 (74LS08) (stuck output). | ||
*Bad Q9 transistor (shorted). | *Bad Q9 transistor (shorted). |
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