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v12 Diode Fix Installation |
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Thursday, 23 December 2004 |
We uploaded a picture of the v12 Diode Fix Install. Many people asked
us where to place the Diode Fix PCB. We hope this picture will make
things easier.
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CC with Actel datecode 0346 |
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Thursday, 23 December 2004 |
We've recieved some reports and samples of CC1.0 chips which would not
work in v9-v12 consoles (though some would work in other v9-v12, but
not specific consoles) that work fine in earlier models. We've
determined that there are a small number of defective FPGA chips in
circulation which are not producing enough power to drive out the
signals on some consoles with higher strength busses. The defective
chips all appear to have datecode 0346. This datecode covers a large
number of chips which do not experience this problem. Our statistics
based on customer feedback and testing of internal stocks indicates a
2-3% chip defect rate though this could be off due to the fact that the
chips work fine in earlier models so customer feedback has questionable
accuracy. All current manufacturing is using 04xx (or later 05xx, 06xx,
etc) datecode devices which are not showing the defect and tests are
being performed to screen for defects.
If you have installed
a 0346 datecode CC1.0 in your v9-v12 PS2 and find that it gives you Red
Screen Of Death (RSOD) when attempting to boot the firmware upgrade
disc, you MAY have a defective chip. Please DO NOT automatically assume
the chip is defective as the majority of failures turn out to be
soldering mistakes or general installation problems(broken/loose wires,
jumbled wires, etc).
The symptoms of this defect are proper
installation of a chip, followed by an inability to boot Upgrade Discs
and RSOD. Again, based on user feedback and our own tests of defective
samples, we've concluded that this should not cause Black Screen(no
audio/video on startup). It appears that the BIOS patching is working
fine on the defective units and only the PS2 disc authentication
patching is not working.
If you have determined your chip is
defective, contact the reseller you purchased it from and have them
exchange for another. Please be thorough when verifying your
installation as it will only waste your time and not solve your
problems to exchange the chip if the installation is at fault.
We
only mention this defect because we do not believe a 2-3% failure rate,
even when it only occurs on specific consoles, is acceptable and want
to ensure that our customers are aware of any problems that might slip
through our testing. We have improved our testing procedure to include
detection of drive strength weakness and will continue to improve our
testing techniques to ensure the highest success rate for our
customers.
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Wednesday, 22 December 2004 |
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Due to some bugs in the BootManager installation application and
scripts, installation of BM was failing when installing from disc.
Software Release 9 resolves those issues, no other changes have been
made. |
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