Black screen on Naomi 2 mobo

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Black screen on Naomi 2 mobo

Post by OldFoo »

Help me please



Asked this over at arcade otaku and thought I would ask here too as this a Naomi specific forum.



Basically I have bought a Naomi 2 mobo from Japan which I assume has a Jap bios installed :smt017



I have connected it all up and put my Virtua Tennis cart in and all i get is a black screen, no sound, nothing!!



The mobo poers up etc but does not attempt to boot



Any ideas?? :smt010



Thanks
OldFoo

Post by OldFoo »

Check if the 5V, 3.3V lines are O.K. Both should read a little more: like 5.1/5.2 and 3.35.



Also, is your Naomi2 set to the correct frequency (15 or 31khz)?



Power the Naomi2 without the cart inserted. Does it give a splash screen and an error?
OldFoo

Post by OldFoo »

Hi



Yeah powered up without cart and no splash screen or error



I will check frequency but surely it should still make the noise when splash screen boots up???



Sorry for the noob question but how do i check the lines??



Thanks
OldFoo

Post by OldFoo »

No problem.. :-)



Checking the 5v and 3.3v is done using a simple multimeter, like this one:



http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... Id=2103174



There are even cheaper ones available; you should use a digital one imo.



If you know someone that knows how to use a multimeter, ask him/her to check the voltages for you. If there is no one to help, let us know. We will talk you through the process :-)
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