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NaomiDIAG : A diagnostic bios for Naomi 1 & 2

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Hi everyone! I'd like to share NaomiDiag, a replacement diagnostic BIOS for Naomi and Naomi 2. I'm a contributor to the project, not the main author.

Main features:
• CPU, video and sound RAM tests, with chip-level fault reporting.
• Results on screen, via serial and spoken aloud.
• Cartridge ROM verification, DIMM RAM tests, live JVS input tests and video patterns.
• English and French text and speech.

Still a work in progress: some functions need further testing on real hardware.

Here's a simulated CPU RAM fault under MAME:
fault_ic9.gif


Project and documentation
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Very cool! I know DIMM issues in particular would be useful since people have a lot of trouble with those.
 
I've got a motherboard that refuses to read cartridges, so if there was some way to do a bus check, maybe of the 27c322/160 on the cartridge that would be very useful.
 
KingKK / Art'cade said:
This is a friend of mine who's developing this at our local arcade club. Just for awareness, are there any features you'd like to see implemented?
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  • Hold TEST on boot or maybe flip a DIP switch to bypass the automatic tests and immediately go to menu of individual tests. It takes a long time to do the entire suite of tests when sometimes I just want to do one specific test.
  • Show OK/FAIL on each pass of the RAM tests. If it fails on pass 1, then I can stop the test since I know it's bad.
  • Any further DIMM tests. I have several DIMM boards including one top network board that causes a black screen.
 
Some answers:
  • Hold TEST on boot or maybe flip a DIP switch to bypass the automatic tests and immediately go to menu of individual tests. It takes a long time to do the entire suite of tests when sometimes I just want to do one specific test.
    • This is already working, but only after MIE init. So you've a 60sec mandatory test before you can interrupt and navigate using filter board buttons.
  • Show OK/FAIL on each pass of the RAM tests. If it fails on pass 1, then I can stop the test since I know it's bad.
    • After a RAM test fails, it runs other tests to identify the faulty RAM chip and even the data/address lines affected. Those things are reported on serial only, not on screen.
  • Any further DIMM tests. I have several DIMM boards including one top network board that causes a black screen.
    • It's planned
  • Dimm/Netdimm tests would be great.
    • It's planned
 
Example of RAM error, followed by the fault analysis. It's mixed french/english :D

Here it found the IC21s being faulty
Code: 
[00:02:45.068] VRAM TEX1 bus de donnees ........ OK
[00:02:45.089] VRAM TEX1 bus d'adresses ........ OK
[00:02:45.098] passe 1/3 0101 : 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%  ok
[00:02:53.952] passe 2/3 1010 : 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%  ok
[00:03:02.798] passe 3/3 pseudo-aleatoire : 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
[00:03:11.728]   Erreur detectee, localisation VRAM : 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%  ERR
[00:03:22.384] VRAM TEX1 (IC17S/19S/21S/23S) ........ ECHEC
[00:03:28.062]   bad data bits mask: 0000FFFF
[00:03:28.070]   -> VRAM TEX1 (IC17S/19S/21S/23S) 3 (IC21S) : voie suspecte (puce ou connexions)
[00:03:28.087]   @A5C00000 wrote 4EBCCB6D read 4EBCE7B7
[00:03:28.097]   @A5C00004 wrote 2DF11025 read 2DF137EE
[00:03:28.106]   @A5C00008 wrote F1434C3F read F143B7EE
[00:03:28.116]   @A5C0000C wrote 8058EBFD read 805818AF
[00:03:28.126]   @A5C00010 wrote 39C7A8AE read 39C7DF47
[00:03:28.136]   @A5C00014 wrote 5693D627 read 56935481
[00:03:28.146]   @A5C00018 wrote A6B3218C read A6B36F8B
[00:03:28.156]   @A5C0001C wrote 92DAD96D read 92DA691A
[00:03:28.165]   ... 786422 errors total

Another one that identify which traces are broken (DQ8 and DQ9 here):
Code: 
[00:10:15.100] Reference PVR-A (PVR-B indetermine) ........ ECHEC
[00:10:15.195]   VRAM PVR-B et RAM Elan non testees, acces non valide.
[00:10:15.207]   Aucun verdict sur les puces RAM. Code acces : 5
[00:10:15.219]   PVR probe pass=0 addr=A57FFFFC expected=13579BDF observed=13579BDF xor=00000000
[00:10:15.236]   PVR probe pass=0 addr=A5FFFFFC expected=2468ACE0 observed=2468AFE0 xor=00000300
[00:10:15.253]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:15.271]   PVR probe pass=0 addr=A77FFFFC expected=A5963CC3 observed=A5963CC3 xor=00000000
[00:10:15.287]   PVR probe pass=0 addr=A7FFFFFC expected=5A69C33C observed=5A69C33C xor=00000000
[00:10:15.304]   PVR probe pass=1 addr=A57FFFFC expected=ECA86420 observed=ECA86420 xor=00000000
[00:10:15.321]   PVR probe pass=1 addr=A5FFFFFC expected=DB97531F observed=DB97531F xor=00000000
[00:10:15.338]   PVR probe pass=1 addr=A77FFFFC expected=5A69C33C observed=5A69C33C xor=00000000
[00:10:15.355]   PVR probe pass=1 addr=A7FFFFFC expected=A5963CC3 observed=A5963CC3 xor=00000000
[00:10:15.372]   Diagnostic VRAM : cellules puis paires d'adresses.
[00:10:15.384]   Bits CPU uniquement : correspondance broches RAM non etablie.
[00:10:15.405]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=AAAAAAAA observed=AAAAABAA reread=AAAAABAA peer_expected=AAAAAAAA peer_observed=AAAAABAA xor=00000100
[00:10:15.436]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8
[00:10:15.453]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=55555555 observed=55555555 reread=55555755 peer_expected=55555555 peer_observed=55555755 xor=00000000
[00:10:15.484]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 9
[00:10:15.501]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000001 observed=00000301 reread=00000301 peer_expected=00000001 peer_observed=00000301 xor=00000300
[00:10:15.532]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:15.550]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000002 observed=00000002 reread=00000302 peer_expected=00000002 peer_observed=00000302 xor=00000000
[00:10:15.580]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:15.599]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000004 observed=00000304 reread=00000304 peer_expected=00000004 peer_observed=00000304 xor=00000300
[00:10:15.629]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:15.647]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000008 observed=00000308 reread=00000308 peer_expected=00000008 peer_observed=00000308 xor=00000300
[00:10:15.678]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:15.696]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000010 observed=00000310 reread=00000310 peer_expected=00000010 peer_observed=00000310 xor=00000300
[00:10:15.727]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:15.745]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000020 observed=00000320 reread=00000320 peer_expected=00000020 peer_observed=00000320 xor=00000300
[00:10:15.776]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:15.794]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000040 observed=00000340 reread=00000340 peer_expected=00000040 peer_observed=00000340 xor=00000300
[00:10:15.824]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:15.843]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000080 observed=00000380 reread=00000380 peer_expected=00000080 peer_observed=00000380 xor=00000300
[00:10:15.873]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:15.892]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000100 observed=00000300 reread=00000300 peer_expected=00000100 peer_observed=00000300 xor=00000200
[00:10:15.922]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 9
[00:10:15.940]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=FFFFFEFF observed=FFFFFFFF reread=FFFFFFFF peer_expected=FFFFFEFF peer_observed=FFFFFFFF xor=00000100
[00:10:15.970]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8
[00:10:15.988]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000200 observed=00000300 reread=00000300 peer_expected=00000200 peer_observed=00000300 xor=00000100
[00:10:16.018]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8
[00:10:16.036]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=FFFFFDFF observed=FFFFFDFF reread=FFFFFFFF peer_expected=FFFFFDFF peer_observed=FFFFFFFF xor=00000000
[00:10:16.066]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 9
[00:10:16.084]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000400 observed=00000700 reread=00000700 peer_expected=00000400 peer_observed=00000700 xor=00000300
[00:10:16.114]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.132]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00000800 observed=00000800 reread=00000B00 peer_expected=00000800 peer_observed=00000B00 xor=00000000
[00:10:16.163]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.181]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00001000 observed=00001300 reread=00001300 peer_expected=00001000 peer_observed=00001300 xor=00000300
[00:10:16.212]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.230]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00002000 observed=00002300 reread=00002300 peer_expected=00002000 peer_observed=00002300 xor=00000300
[00:10:16.261]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.279]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00004000 observed=00004300 reread=00004300 peer_expected=00004000 peer_observed=00004300 xor=00000300
[00:10:16.309]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.328]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00008000 observed=00008300 reread=00008300 peer_expected=00008000 peer_observed=00008300 xor=00000300
[00:10:16.358]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.377]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00010000 observed=00010300 reread=00010300 peer_expected=00010000 peer_observed=00010300 xor=00000300
[00:10:16.407]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.425]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00020000 observed=00020300 reread=00020300 peer_expected=00020000 peer_observed=00020300 xor=00000300
[00:10:16.456]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.474]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00040000 observed=00040300 reread=00040300 peer_expected=00040000 peer_observed=00040300 xor=00000300
[00:10:16.505]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.523]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00080000 observed=00080000 reread=00080300 peer_expected=00080000 peer_observed=00080300 xor=00000000
[00:10:16.553]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.572]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00100000 observed=00100000 reread=00100300 peer_expected=00100000 peer_observed=00100300 xor=00000000
[00:10:16.602]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.621]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00200000 observed=00200300 reread=00200300 peer_expected=00200000 peer_observed=00200300 xor=00000300
[00:10:16.651]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.669]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00400000 observed=00400000 reread=00400300 peer_expected=00400000 peer_observed=00400300 xor=00000000
[00:10:16.700]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
[00:10:16.718]   VRAM readback failure addr=A5FFFFFC peer=A5FFFFFC expected=00800000 observed=00800300 reread=00800300 peer_expected=00800000 peer_observed=00800300 xor=00000300
[00:10:16.749]   Voie associee par le BIOS SEGA (puce ou connexions a verifier) : IC21 CPU D: 8 9
 
invzim said:
There is a ton on non-net dimm boards out there, the ability to write to DIMM so they can be used with CF would likely be very welcome.
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Which feature is that? Can you please elaborate? You mean like putting a new FW to the Dimm from the tool?
 
Darksoft said:
Which feature is that? Can you please elaborate? You mean like putting a new FW to the Dimm from the tool?
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Yup. Right now, I believe the options to update dimm firwmare on a non-net dimm are
  1. GD-Rom drive + physical update gd-rom
  2. desolder /resolder the flash on the dimm
  3. borrow a net-dimm, use its network daughtercard, netboot the update image, and swap back to the GD-only daughter card.
So if you could change the DIMM firmware via e.g. a serial cable, it would be a lot more accessible
 
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