Sega RingEdge2 Not working

[RayBullty]

Hello there
I just received a Sega RE2 from Japan, but it doesn't work. I have tried to put a pc power supply on it, but with the same result. The board light comes on, but the graphic fan and the procesor´s fan... they dont start.
Anyone have any suggestion of what may be the cause? Any ideas?

 

[Kujako]

Did you check that the graphics card is properly seated (they dont have card slot locks, so they can wiggle around and come lose) and that it has power (six pin molex power to the GPU)? At the end of the day, it's a Windows PC. Same diagnostic steps I guess... on the jumper block towards the left rear corner of the motherboard, how are the jumpers set?

 

[RayBullty]

Did you check that the graphics card is properly seated (they dont have card slot locks, so they can wiggle around and come lose) and that it has power (six pin molex power to the GPU)? At the end of the day, it's a Windows PC. Same diagnostic steps I guess... on the jumper block towards the left rear corner of the motherboard, how are the jumpers set?

Hi there.
Yes, the tests that I have carried out are: change the psu to a pc one, remove the ram and put it back in and take the graphic card and put it back. I'm going to look at the jumper and tell you something.

 

[Kujako]

Hi there.
Yes, the tests that I have carried out are: change the psu to a pc one, remove the ram and put it back in and take the graphic card and put it back. I'm going to look at the jumper and tell you something.

Bad news is that I do see "for parts not working" systems out there with the symptoms you list. I've also heard that a simple PCI post analyzer card may provide information, if the system gets far enough along to post.

 

[RayBullty]

Bad news is that I do see "for parts not working" systems out there with the symptoms you list. I've also heard that a simple PCI post analyzer card may provide information, if the system gets far enough along to post.

Hope we can rescue this one, and will not end as "for parts not working" one
Thanks for your help

 

[Kujako]

Hope we can rescue this one, and will not end as "for parts not working" one
Thanks for your help

I was referring to the motherboard jumpers. Thinking it may be the same issue that was discussed here.

 

[RayBullty]

I was referring to the motherboard jumpers. Thinking it may be the same issue that was discussed here.

Hi again
I,m going to check this post. Thanks for your time and help.


Anyway I will continue to present my case here. It may not be the same failure.

Here you have the jumper:

 

[Kujako]

Hi again
I,m going to check this post. Thanks for your time and help.


Anyway I will continue to present my case here. It may not be the same failure.

Here you have the jumper:

Looks right, but do you not have a drive plugged in? SATA ports look empty.

 

[RayBullty]

 

[RayBullty]

Looks right, but do you not have a drive plugged in? SATA ports look empty.

I think it was a bad angle of the photo. Here it is better appreciated

 

[Kujako]

Should only be 3v, how are you managing to get 9? Regardless, if you removed the battery be sure to do the "CMOS reset jumper dance" as described in the other thread once you've put it back.

 

[RayBullty]

I was referring to the motherboard jumpers. Thinking it may be the same issue that was discussed here.

Ok, i just take off the battery, changed the jumper and power the RE2 without the battery.... and all the fans worked for 2 or 3 secs... I´m going to put all back and see what happend
Thanks again mate

 

[RayBullty]

Should only be 3v, how are you managing to get 9? Regardless, if you removed the battery be sure to do the "CMOS reset jumper dance" as described in the other thread once you've put it back.

yes man, it's super strange. I've been thinking about it for a while and I don't understand it.

 

[Kujako]

Ok, i just take off the battery, changed the jumper and power the RE2 without the battery.... and all the fans worked for 2 or 3 secs... I´m going to put all back and see what happend
Thanks again mate

That's what should happen when you do a CMOS reset. Will flicker on then off, then you put the jumper back and it should be good to go. Fingers crossed!

 

[RayBullty]

That's what should happen when you do a CMOS reset. Will flicker on then off, then you put the jumper back and it should be good to go. Fingers crossed!

Bad news....

Only green led, but not working, like before...

 

[Kujako]

Bad news....

Only green led, but not working like before...

well shoot... might be worth trying one of the cheap PCI post test boards, or a different CMOS battery. But otherwise I'm out of ideas. These are weird systems sometimes.

 

[Kujako]

From the other thread. Perhaps try wiring up a power switch? Pins 6 & 8 (this block of pins is near the PCI slot). Then try power cycling it a few times.

When I first got mine assembled it had the same issue you are describing. What I did was connect a pc power switch to the front panel and power cycle it a couple of times using the switch which did the trick. (it will auto clear the corrupt cmos settings after a couple of failed posts like any other pc motherboard) Eventually the system will boot and you will be asked to enter the bios to set the date and time. Simply reset it again and the message will go away. You can then set the date and time in the test menu.

The board follows intel's standard front panel pinout https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/images/motherboards/desktop/sb/img/fp_header.jpg You are interested in pins 6 and 8. If the system is turned on and not outputting video long press the switch to turn it off without unplugging it from the wall.

 

[RayBullty]

From the other thread. Perhaps try wiring up a power switch? Pins 6 & 8 (this block of pins is near the PCI slot). Then try power cycling it a few times.

Under graphic card:

Also im checking the CPU, and put new paste

Also tested with another graphic card, but same isue

 

[Kujako]

Hum... that is not the stock video card. That's an after market GeForce GTX 650 while the RingEdge 2 uses a nVidia reference GT545. No idea if that would have an effect.

 

[RayBullty]

Hum... that is not the stock video card. That's an after market GeForce GTX 650 while the RingEdge 2 uses a nVidia reference GT545. No idea if that would have an .

This was used for test. the original is also here.
Possibly dead cpu, but I don't have any i3 here to verify. I'm going to check ebay