King of Drama, or the final attempt of booting my X5000

[OldFart]

Hi,

It is with great regret that I had to decide to dismantle my X5000. Today I tried to boot it for the final time in order to make a video (https://youtu.be/9PPIGMycsCE) about it, after which I started to take it apart and put the components in a bananabox, together with the board, which I put in the box it came in some 9 years ago.

It was great fun while it lasted.

Wish you all a prosperous 2024 (and a bit more luck).

OldFart

P.s.: it may take until Jan 2 until the video is available.

[Skateman]

Have you tried a new Uboot setup on you SD card and see what happens?

[OldFart]

@Skateman

Well, I replaced virtually EVERY item of the system or disabled it. Starting with the battery, memory module, SD-card, video card, SATA cables, PSU, etc., etc., all to no avail. In the end, and that's what the video is about, I only had a CD/DVD-drive attached to one of the SATA-ports, just to narrow the problem down.
As can be seen, all modules are loaded (from the CD) perfectly, which makes me draw the conclusion that the SD-card is OK, the processor is OK, memory is OK, but as soon as everything is loaded and some software, a driver probably, is executed, it hits an obstacle and it is then that the board crashes. Always at the very same moment and with the very same information.

OldFart

[Skateman]

I did not check the video yet ... when i saw your post it was still processing.

I will have a look now

[khayoz]

@Oldfart

Sorry to see and hear you have problems with your X5000...
I watched the video and that is dead slooooow UBoot bootup even from CD.

What is the GFX card used in the video?

[OldFart]

@kayoz

I watched the video and that is dead slooooow UBoot bootup even from CD.

It has never been any faster???

What is the GFX card used in the video?

That card is a HD7450, which I bought as a replacement for a HD6450, which I thought might be giving troubles. Both cards work. Got some more 2/H HD6450's just for spare. Dirt cheap if not FoC. All work, none boots the system.

OldFart

[khayoz]

What happens if you unplug mouse and keyboard?

Just boot with RAM, Radeon, HD/SSD.

[OldFart]

@khayoz

What happens if you unplug mouse and keyboard?

Just boot with RAM, Radeon, HD/SSD.

Been there, done that (and got the scratches).
I've tried about every combination of attachments and peripherals I could imagine. Finally only a DVD-drive and a videocard (and even without a video card and then by stopwatch conclude that it crashes at the very same point).
Even tried to capture the serial output onto a Raspberry Pi, but failed to get it to work (linux is really not my CoT).

OldFart

[Skateman]

...Even tried to capture the serial output onto a Raspberry Pi, but failed to get it to work (linux is really not my CoT).


If you have some USB to SERIAL adapter connected to you Pi (or other linux box) you could use Putty to get the X5000 serial output.

First look in /DEV to find your device, mostly named something like, USBTTY0 and use this with Putty.
Start Putty, make a serial connection using the USBTTY device and turn on the X5000.
It might give you some usefull information.

[daveyw]

Booting off CD is always going to be slower, that's the nature of optical media.

Creating a new SD card is tricky - I had a go and failed. Maybe Skateman could make one for you and send it to you?