Re: Transwarp GS question - Technical

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Bill Garber wrote:

>"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net> wrote in message
>HeCdnWLoL_6F_ijdRVn-hQ@comcast.com">news:HeCdnWLoL_6F_ijdRVn-hQ@comcast.com...
>:
>: Hi everyone,
>:
>: Ok, I finally got a good cable for my TWGS.
>: However, I now have an error code coming up,
>: and it says that if this keeps coming up to
>: call for service which we all know is impossible.
>:
>: Now, the screen says "error code=0202" and to
>: follow this procedure.
>
>Updated error code information.
>
>Seems to be revolving around the EEprom.
>Since the actual X2444P was not available,
>I purchased 2 different ones that seemed to
>meet the same requirements.
>
>First, the one causing "error code=0202" is
>an 24C44P, and the other one which causes
>"error code=0201" is a 93C13N. If anyone knows
>why this is happening, I would appreciate any
>input into it. Of course, I would also welcome
>a location where a X2444P could be acquired.

Before giving it up for dead, try re-writing it by doing
something that changes the configuration of the
accelerator--then change it back.

Just doing a re-write to an EEPROM will often
fix a marginal programming job.  (I presume that
the error message is prompted by getting a bad
checksum, or other inconsistent reading.)

-michael

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