WMMT3 N2 boot issue

[mathewbeall]

oh crap - there is a battery in there! GEEZ.

 

[Mrhide]

Lets not forget about the GPU, meyerli is that a 7800GT (PCIe), can you post pictures of the GPU as well?

thanks

not PCIe but AGP

 

[Mrhide]

oh crap - there is a battery in there! GEEZ.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg9XWC7H5Mg


well maybe that's my problem above?! TOTALLY OPENING IT AND CHECKING!!

 

[Mrhide]

 

[mathewbeall]

there is a short and a longer usb dongle - which one @meyerli do you have for your system, since you just have one?

 

[dnphamus13]

not PCIe but AGP

The motherboard that meyerli has is PCIe, no AGP

 

[Mrhide]

The motherboard that meyerli has is PCIe, no AGP

shit you are correct! WAAAHTT!!

 

[Mrhide]

there is a short and a longer usb dongle - which one @meyerli do you have for your system, since you just have one?

he's got the long one ... with the battery. he shows it with the HD on a previous post

 

[meyerli]

My video card looks completely different from yours. It's also recapped since the first pic was made.

The dongle I have is the longer.

Guess I should dismount it again and do some better pictures for comparison. Maybe it helps... and if not, pics from arcade parts are always nice to see

 

[meyerli]

Here are all the components of my N2. What I notice on the instruction on top (first picture) is the only one dongle. Do those with 2 dongles have another instruction?

 

[nem]

note that I I am missing the video card so I put another AGP card (6600).

You need the correct video card with the correct BIOS on it for the game to boot.

See here:

https://www.arcade-projects.com/thr...-on-a-wangan-midnight-maximum-tune-3dx.23186/

 

[mathewbeall]

But - from what I am hearing from @meyerli - he is using a consumer motherboard (with no custom BIOS) and a different video card - and it *is* booting up fine?

Matt

 

[meyerli]

The motherboard is a casual PC one I bought used. It's the same model my N2 had in it already.

The video card was already in my N2 and is just recapped. Not sure if that is an original one.


Found some details about the N2 hardware here:
https://medium.com/@dropkickshell/system-n2-exposed-5395436c824d#.ymz3cchxo

 

[nem]

But - from what I am hearing from @meyerli - he is using a consumer motherboard (with no custom BIOS) and a different video card - and it *is* booting up fine?

@meyerli's game is the western Export version which looks to use stock Asrock and Asus parts, not N2. Normal rules don't apply.

 

[mathewbeall]

@meyerli's game is the western Export version which looks to use stock Asrock and Asus parts, not N2. Normal rules don't apply.

Well damn - that one is awesome then, as it used stock parts which are slightly more available than the custom N2 stuff....

Good to know there is a difference!

Matt

 

[dnphamus13]

I was close....

ASUS EN7600GS SILENT 256 or 512MB version

https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-7600gs-en7600gs-silent-htd-512m/p/N82E16814121007

 

[sersi]

oh and my working has this "fragile" dongle so if you were ever curious to see inside, here you go:

yup. That's a battery. What happens when it runs out?! I dont know

Did anyone find out what happens if this battery were to die? I have one that is dead

 

[Mrhide]

Did anyone find out what happens if this battery were to die? I have one that is dead

From the video i found, simply change it and it should be back from the dead

 

[sersi]

I'm getting a screen filled with boot failed, is that connected to a hard drive or dongle failed or just the wrong dongle HDD combo or another reason? I haven't had this machine working before and I just recapped the motherboard to get a display on screen.