• Registered: 2010-10-07
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Topic: power supply boot error 9

the system has a number 9 error, the scan analog power supply has a led on (ds3 -15V current limit), so i change it but the same thing, i saw that LED perclk on the boards  pps and pdb2 is off, the digital power supply has no leds on, and the DBL board does not have any voltage (i did a test unplugging the connector 6 (I think that connector came from analog power supply)  in the DBL and the power supply boot without error. i tried to run the PM test but a lot of errors and gets stuck.
Also the system shows these boots errors
CSC 28
FEB28
FEC28
FEC80
DAQ03
OC3 06
DSP 0c
Promload 04
Dpr 80
After that the system shows the date and time and a promt on the upper left corner

Best regards and thank you

  • Registered: 2010-10-07
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Re: power supply boot error 9

Hello again

after reseating all xmt, rcv and sdl the 9 error has gone, but im still get boot errors

after that

FEB 06
FEC 01
DCP 47
DAQ 09
DSP 0c
Promload 04
DPR 80

i tried the basic config, csi, cedp, cvc, ic, cmb and oc plug and shows

promload 5

the oc and cvc leds are off

thank you

  • Todd
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Re: power supply boot error 9

Best bet is to remove all the transmitters, receivers, SDL boards in the scanner card cage, then try to boot it up... which may solve the power issue, sounds like a board is causing a short. I would also take out the FEC, FEB, DAQ, DSP, DCP boards from the top card cage and try to boot up that way.

As for the OC3 06 error, and promload 04... those could be issues with the Syscon EPROMs on the OC3. When the system locks up during a PM test you may have serious issues with the OC3 board.

Let me know what happens when you remove the boards.

**edit**

promload 05 is usually OC3 syscon chips. do you have another OC3 available?

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  • Registered: 2010-10-07
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Re: power supply boot error 9

i think i can find one, there is an acuson 128 in the same hospital with the monitor out of order, let me check

thank you todd

  • Registered: 2010-10-07
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Re: power supply boot error 9

Dear todd

i found an acuson 128xp 10 and i tested the new oc, but the same error

promload 05

after that says prototype software, maybe the strings codes are missing (i have a copy of them)

any suggestion

thank you

  • Registered: 2010-10-07
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Re: power supply boot error 9

Dear todd

i forgot something this is an acuson 128xp'4, maybe thats the reason for the 128xp.10 did not work?

an update, the system says sometimes promload 04, dpr 80 and sometimes promload 5 only, i check the batteries on cvc and it messure 2.69, they are dead.

thank you

  • Registered: 2010-10-07
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Re: power supply boot error 9

Dear todd

yesterday the error 9 came back

in the analog part i took away everysingle boards just the DBL and the ohter one with conectors from the power supply i dont remenber the name is similar to dbl, an the error 9 remains.

and the ohter hand I tested a ocv from a 128xp/10, but promload 05 remains, also i tested the cvc but nothing happen  it seems complicate.

thank you

  • Todd
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Re: power supply boot error 9

Hm. Couple things to bear in mind with the 128XP -- serialized prom, CVC battery backed ram. The two boards in the system that are linked by their components are the OC3 and CVC. On the OC3 there is a small serialized prom which communicates with the CVC and acts as the key for the encryption strings. The reason you had the 'prototype system software' alert was due to the fact that you took the serial number out of the system and put a new one in. It tried to activate the system's options... but couldn't because it was the wrong key.. comprende?

Promload 04 and 05 are slightly harder to nail down as they're basically just alerts saying 'couldn't load software off of a PROM'. I've mainly seen these when OC software chips are corrupted.. but it could be a number of things.

Just to recap on what has been tried so far:
-- minimum config results in promload 05 or promload 04, dpr 80.
-- error 9 (scanner low voltage) cleared up due to reseating, problem seems to be in the scan converter now
-- different OC3 pcb.

As for what's left to try... maybe the scan converter power supply, check the syscon revision level on the OC3 from the XP4, and the one from the XP10. The whole XP4 thing is only an issue when you swap the MEX3 boards -- they contain the transducer microcode. If you wanted to be thorough, you could swap the CVC and OC3 from the XP4 into your XP10. That should allow it to boot.. then you can try the OC3 from the XP10 with the CVC from the XP4.. etc.

Let me know what your'e able to find and we'll go from there.

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