Cachecard - drivers failed to load, data bit error?

[a_tivo_noob]

Ok, so only fitted this yesterday, whereby it didn't work, but after rebooting it did... been fine since, and i've done a few reboots (messing with tivoweb, vserver, etc) and it really has got me excited about tivo again!

anyways, noticed endpad had decided to give up working, and after reading another thread, decided to pop the s.andertons startup fix into tivoweb to avoid me killing anything

did a reboot and noticed that cachecard (silicon dust screen) is giving me a 'data bit error' message.

could it all be related or does it sound like my cachecard might just be a bit temperamental?

still can use telnet etc so it's not causing me too much grief but i'd like to get it working again :(

any suggestions?

[a_tivo_noob]

edit: incidently, current rc.sysinit.author reads:
#!/bin/bash
/var/hack/tivoweb-tcl/tivoweb
/var/hack/vserver &
/var/hack/endpad.tcl -s 2 -e 5 -auto >> /dev/null & (only just put the endpad stuff in... hope it looks right!)

[blindlemon]

Try reseating the RAM in the card and the card on the edge-connector. Did you remove the peg from the TiVo foot to allow the card to push fully home?

[a_tivo_noob]

hiya

yeah, had to remove the foot, fit the card then put the foot back on so i know it's 'sat' now nice and solid attached to the tivo motherboard... will reseat the RAM again and see what happens :)

annoying really cos i haven't touched it and it means fighting through a mass of cables again lol :D

[a_tivo_noob]

had a go at re-seating...

getting a 'cachecard/sram not found' error now :(

telnet still working though... so top two lights working (green) but red one isn't on (although flashes for just a second on turning the unit on)

[a_tivo_noob]

now i've just done a reset and it says "No Information in Kernal Log"

[blindlemon]

Do you have another RAM module you can try?

[Ian_m]

I had data bit errors when I first installed my cachecard. Look in the kernel log at the bit where it finds and tests the cache card during TiVo startup.

To test I commented out the two lines in rc.sysint with #
/sbin/insmod -f /lib/modules/cachecard.o
/sbin/cachectl -tand you can just type in at the telnet prompt and monitor the logs. The -t is test I think. Might be other handy options as well.

Anyway changed the cheap Ebuyer own brand RAM to Kingston (costs more) and worked 100% first time.

[a_tivo_noob]

unfortunately no other RAM to try... never seen a chunk as big as this before, do either of you know what i should be looking for if i look for a replacement chunk?

I'm tempted to go without it as i mainly needed it just for the networking, not that fussed by it's slowness (only have a 120gb drive in there so it's not too bad)

[a_tivo_noob]

incidently, sorry Ian, I would try your suggestion but i'm not that confident with Linux yet (though my new EEE is making me a bit more adventurous, i'm not quite that brave :D)

[blindlemon]

unfortunately no other RAM to try... never seen a chunk as big as this before, do either of you know what i should be looking for if i look for a replacement chunk? Any non-registered PC66,100,133 SDRAM should work. You can use any capacity and the cachecard drivers will size the cache accordingly - even 64mb makes a significant difference if your TiVo is running really slow due to excessive database accesses.

[a_tivo_noob]

sorry - excuse my naivety but was is 'non-registered' (yes... i'm only just getting around to purchasing this :D )

edit: ignore me - quick google indicates that registered RAM is expensive so it definitly isn't what i'm looking at on ebay ;) :D

[a_tivo_noob]

for thread completion, it was the memory that was at fault... 512mb landed on my doorstep today and works a treat :)

thanks for your help :)