After many years on non-usage I have dug out my Iyonix - but it
doesn't seem to want to work anymore.
When I switch it on , it starts up as it should do, the drive lights
all flash, there is a whirring noise, the power on light (green) is
on and the yellow (hard disc) light is on, but then it stops, nothign
else happens.
The machine is on, I can hear it humming and the breeze from the fan,
but it won't get to the desktop. There is no reaction from anything
in the USB ports, so something has gone wrong .
After many years on non-usage I have dug out my Iyonix - but it doesn't
seem to want to work anymore.
In article <4876ccff58.MThompson@mt.riscos.org>,
Matthew Thompson <mt@REMOVETHISred-squirrel.com> wrote:
After many years on non-usage I have dug out my Iyonix - but it
doesn't seem to want to work anymore.
I have been having issues with mine for some time now too.
It used to be left on pretty much 24/7 but then, quite recently,
it started losing it's network connection once a day. approximatly
every 24 hours. (It connects via DHCP but the Router is set to
give it the same address everytime by locking to it's MAC address)
This means I have to switch off and restart once per day and often
it does not come up properly first time either. It starts up,
making the usual noises and bleeps, but no video. Pressing the
reset switch then seems to bring it to life.
In article <4876ccff58.MThompson@mt.riscos.org>,
Matthew Thompson <mt@REMOVETHISred-squirrel.com> wrote:
After many years on non-usage I have dug out my Iyonix - but it doesn't seem to want to work anymore.
I have been having issues with mine for some time now too.
It used to be left on pretty much 24/7 but then, quite recently, it
started losing it's network connection once a day. approximatly every 24 hours. (It connects via DHCP but the Router is set to give it the same address everytime by locking to it's MAC address)
This means I have to switch off and restart once per day and often it does not come up properly first time either. It starts up, making the usual
noises and bleeps, but no video. Pressing the reset switch then seems to bring it to life.
On 16/02/2021 17:58, Matthew Thompson wrote:More thoughts; unplug all the PCI cards and reset them, the same for the memory. This often cleans the connectors reducing capacitance, allowing
After many years on non-usage I have dug out my Iyonix - but it
doesn't seem to want to work anymore.
When I switch it on , it starts up as it should do, the drive lights
all flash, there is a whirring noise, the power on light (green) is
on and the yellow (hard disc) light is on, but then it stops, nothign
else happens.
The machine is on, I can hear it humming and the breeze from the fan,
but it won't get to the desktop. There is no reaction from anything
in the USB ports, so something has gone wrong .
Unplug everything from it except power, switch it on and leave it for
about an hour to let it warm up, and expel any humidity. Then try the
reset button, and if that doesn't work, power cycle it again.
If still no luck, try again after unplugging the hard drive power and
data cable.
Network problems are one symptom of a failing Power Supply.
Mine started giving disk errors when large files were written (another symptom).
I do have a brand new PSU available (bought just before my Iyonix
motherboard gave up!), if you want to make me an offer!
On 16/02/2021 20:59, druck wrote:
On 16/02/2021 17:58, Matthew Thompson wrote:More thoughts; unplug all the PCI cards and reset them, the same for the memory. This often cleans the connectors reducing capacitance, allowing
After many years on non-usage I have dug out my Iyonix - but it
doesn't seem to want to work anymore.
When I switch it on , it starts up as it should do, the drive lights
all flash, there is a whirring noise, the power on light (green) is
on and the yellow (hard disc) light is on, but then it stops, nothign
else happens.
The machine is on, I can hear it humming and the breeze from the fan,
but it won't get to the desktop. There is no reaction from anything
in the USB ports, so something has gone wrong .
Unplug everything from it except power, switch it on and leave it for
about an hour to let it warm up, and expel any humidity. Then try the
reset button, and if that doesn't work, power cycle it again.
If still no luck, try again after unplugging the hard drive power and
data cable.
the machine to function. It's something I had to do on my old Risc PC a
lot, as it had a lot of cards. My Iyonix only had 3 PCI cards and 2 Podules.
In article <590031f22cNews03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
Network problems are one symptom of a failing Power Supply.
Mine started giving disk errors when large files were written (another symptom).
I do have a brand new PSU available (bought just before my Iyonix motherboard gave up!), if you want to make me an offer!
I too have a spare PSU :-)
The fan in the original one became very noisy so I bought a replacement
from CJE.
I was then able to replace the fan and this PSU now in storage.
I had heard that network problems often result as a result of a failing
power supply but to me it seems so strange that it happens so regularly.
It doesn't matter at what time of day I do the re-start, it is always
about 24 hrs later that the problem occurs.
Thanks for the suggestions I will try all of that and see if that can get
it going - if only for 10 minutes that will be enough!!
On 17/02/2021 15:52, Matthew Thompson wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions I will try all of that and see if that can get
it going - if only for 10 minutes that will be enough!!
If all you want is to read the hard drive, and alternative is a (P)ATA
to USB enclosure, which you can connect to any more recent RISC OS machine.
On 16/02/2021 17:58, Matthew Thompson wrote:
After many years on non-usage I have dug out my Iyonix - but it
doesn't seem to want to work anymore.
When I switch it on , it starts up as it should do, the drive lights
all flash, there is a whirring noise, the power on light (green) is
on and the yellow (hard disc) light is on, but then it stops, nothign
else happens.
The machine is on, I can hear it humming and the breeze from the fan,
but it won't get to the desktop. There is no reaction from anything
in the USB ports, so something has gone wrong .
Unplug everything from it except power, switch it on and leave it for
about an hour to let it warm up, and expel any humidity. Then try the
reset button, and if that doesn't work, power cycle it again.
If still no luck, try again after unplugging the hard drive power and
data cables.
In case anyone is still interested -the Iyonix is now back up and running.
I don't really know what I did to be honest, took it all apart , hoovered
out out all the dust, put all back togther, pushed all things into their relevant slots.
Switched back on and it worked perfectly, no problems. Thanks for all the help/suggestions.
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