Netboot help

[hjrcustoms]

Hi Everyone,

I am currently in the process of setting up a Naomi 2 with netdimm and trying to get the netbooting working. My inexperience may be playing some part in the process failing and just after some assistance.

Netdimm version: 4.02 - both 8 & 6 pin connectors from an external power supply (Meanwell QP-200-3A - 5v/15A, 3.3v/15a, 12v/6a) and the Capcom I/O for jamma conversion.

I have successfully booted with piforcetools, however the machine reboots shortly after loading with ERROR 33 - I have tried burning a zero pic but this doesn't appear to be working (likely my fault as its the first thing I've tried to burn).

I've successfully used transfergame.exe to load game to netdimm - this reboots to ERROR 31, then shortly after reboots to ERROR 33 - no security/zero pic again I assume.

In the meantime I'm trying to use the python script naomi_boot, till I can figure out the rpi/zero pic issue.

The process appears to start the transfer process but then fails with the below output:

C:\naomiweb>naomi_boot.py PowerStone2.bin
connecting...
ok!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\naomiweb\naomi_boot.py", line 221, in <module>
DIMM_UploadFile(sys.argv[1])
File "C:\naomiweb\naomi_boot.py", line 132, in DIMM_UploadFile
DIMM_Upload(addr, data, 0)
File "C:\naomiweb\naomi_boot.py", line 68, in DIMM_Upload
s.send(struct.pack("<IIIH", 0x04800000 | (len(data) + 0xA) | (mark << 16), 0, addr, 0) + data)
socket.timeout: timed out

The Naomi just shows a blinking "Now Loading" message and doesn't get any further.

Thanks in advance,

Ben.

 

[vholfx]

I believe the script you are using is not resetting the naomi which is needed after the game fully loads. Let's try it, let it load for a while, and then hit the service button, exit service, and the game should now work. If it does, we'll work on the script to add the reset command.

 

[hjrcustoms]

Thanks vholfx.

Unfortunately no luck at this point.

I left on the Now Loading screen for 5 mins - press the service button and get no changes onscreen.

Press on the test button and I am able to get to the test menu. I can see the name of the game that was attempted to be loaded at the bottom of the menu - attempt to load the games test menu, this causes the unit to freeze and has to be power cycled.

Tried loading again, with no success - found I can still ping the netdimm successfully, after the error message comes onscreen.

 

[vholfx]

Did you run a ram and netdim test on the Naomi? We should discard a hardware problem at this point.

 

[hjrcustoms]

Yes, everything has come back fine - no errors reported/found

 

[vholfx]

Can you try with this script instead and use it from the command line?

Let me know if you need help running it but it would be just:

> python triforcetools.py path/to/game/NameOfTheGame.bin

 

[strdr]

Hi Everyone,

I am currently in the process of setting up a Naomi 2 with netdimm and trying to get the netbooting working. My inexperience may be playing some part in the process failing and just after some assistance.

Netdimm version: 4.02 - both 8 & 6 pin connectors from an external power supply (Meanwell QP-200-3A - 5v/15A, 3.3v/15a, 12v/6a) and the Capcom I/O for jamma conversion.

I have successfully booted with piforcetools, however the machine reboots shortly after loading with ERROR 33 - I have tried burning a zero pic but this doesn't appear to be working (likely my fault as its the first thing I've tried to burn).

I've successfully used transfergame.exe to load game to netdimm - this reboots to ERROR 31, then shortly after reboots to ERROR 33 - no security/zero pic again I assume.

In the meantime I'm trying to use the python script naomi_boot, till I can figure out the rpi/zero pic issue.

The process appears to start the transfer process but then fails with the below output:

C:\naomiweb>naomi_boot.py PowerStone2.bin
connecting...
ok!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\naomiweb\naomi_boot.py", line 221, in <module>
DIMM_UploadFile(sys.argv[1])
File "C:\naomiweb\naomi_boot.py", line 132, in DIMM_UploadFile
DIMM_Upload(addr, data, 0)
File "C:\naomiweb\naomi_boot.py", line 68, in DIMM_Upload
s.send(struct.pack("<IIIH", 0x04800000 | (len(data) + 0xA) | (mark << 16), 0, addr, 0) + data)
socket.timeout: timed out

The Naomi just shows a blinking "Now Loading" message and doesn't get any further.

Thanks in advance,

Ben.

I had the same issue before, turns out the script I was using wasnt quite right. It has a timesout set which was tripping things up. I can confirm that the script @vholfx attached is the correct version and works as expected.

 

[hjrcustoms]

Hey guys,

Initial testing looks good on the script - transfer completed and namoi rebooted.

I let the game run through the full intro and demo and the machine did not reboot at all.

Thank you both for you help and time.