Hey guys, thanks for reading my post/thread. This one is pretty tricky. I have a Sega Blast City that was working pretty well with my setup which is as follows:
Sega Blast City
Naomi 1 MB
DIMM
Compact Flash reader
Capcom I/O
So here is the deal, a few of my games have worked and most all have been Atomiswave. However, even now some of the Atomiswave games are not working. I have one CF game that I got that always works. A few others also work fairly consistently. However, when I try to download any Naomi ROM from a good source, the Naomi acts funky and starts checking memory at 27%. Then, when it does finally go through multiple uploads and memory checks I get ERROR 21. As I recall, when things were going fairly smoothly, the Naomi screen would pop up, the game would load, then you would have 2 memory loads before the game started. But, it's no longer doing that. I was able to get the reliable compact flash card to start but it still started on the memory instead of first loading the game.
I know that of the ROMS/Bins that I am using they can't all be bad so what do you think the issue is? I unplugged the Naomi cables from the cab, and unplugged both the SCSI cable and the USB cable and then reconnected. Same issue: ERROR 21.
So does anyone have a guess as to what's the culprit? These are always hard when you can get a game or two to load but not others. Could it be the compact flash card? I bought Transcend and SanDisk which have both worked. I don't know the name of the card that always works but I can check.
Thanks for your help on this. I'm leaning towards a faulty DIMM but am not sure. For the record, I read this entire thread:
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showt...ME-IS-NOT-ACCEPTABLE-BY-MAIN-BOARD-quot/page2
Unfortunately, doesn't seem apples to apples with my issue. Though there were some similarities.
Sega Blast City
Naomi 1 MB
DIMM
Compact Flash reader
Capcom I/O
So here is the deal, a few of my games have worked and most all have been Atomiswave. However, even now some of the Atomiswave games are not working. I have one CF game that I got that always works. A few others also work fairly consistently. However, when I try to download any Naomi ROM from a good source, the Naomi acts funky and starts checking memory at 27%. Then, when it does finally go through multiple uploads and memory checks I get ERROR 21. As I recall, when things were going fairly smoothly, the Naomi screen would pop up, the game would load, then you would have 2 memory loads before the game started. But, it's no longer doing that. I was able to get the reliable compact flash card to start but it still started on the memory instead of first loading the game.
I know that of the ROMS/Bins that I am using they can't all be bad so what do you think the issue is? I unplugged the Naomi cables from the cab, and unplugged both the SCSI cable and the USB cable and then reconnected. Same issue: ERROR 21.
So does anyone have a guess as to what's the culprit? These are always hard when you can get a game or two to load but not others. Could it be the compact flash card? I bought Transcend and SanDisk which have both worked. I don't know the name of the card that always works but I can check.
Thanks for your help on this. I'm leaning towards a faulty DIMM but am not sure. For the record, I read this entire thread:
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showt...ME-IS-NOT-ACCEPTABLE-BY-MAIN-BOARD-quot/page2
Unfortunately, doesn't seem apples to apples with my issue. Though there were some similarities.