Powerpak says DSP1 not installed

Fab · Post by **Fab** » Sun May 22, 2011 9:15 am

my boot up screen of powerpak says DSP1 NOT INSTALLED

why does that happen? I tried different powerpok versions same error.

3gengames · Post by **3gengames** » Sun May 22, 2011 11:46 am

I am an idiot. I didn't think it supported it. I have no idea....

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » Sun May 22, 2011 12:16 pm

Yes it does...bunny offers an option to solder one in. (you did check that option right?) Sounds like he made a soldering cock up.

Fab · Post by **Fab** » Sun May 22, 2011 12:46 pm

yes I did... worked before no problem.

mhm how can I check that on the PCB ? where is the chip located?

Fab · Post by **Fab** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:43 am

here are the pictures of the chip. Does it looks ok to you?

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:28 am

Can't really see anything wrong in those pics. It worked before? In that case its probably not the soldering after all.

Fab · Post by **Fab** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:21 am

well it says now DSP1 installed but I've tried some other DSP1 games like Pilotwings and Final Stretch none of them worked properly.

there mus be dev. a prob with the chip. How much was the DSP1 option in the Retrousb shop?

I don't really care about the chip because I have Mario Kart also original.

Tormenter · Post by **Tormenter** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:31 pm

Thats a crappy looking solder job.

koitsu · Post by **koitsu** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:49 pm

Agreed, the soldering job looks awful, and I see what appear to be a couple cold solder joints (don't know what they are, look 'em up). Re-do the soldering job.

MottZilla · Post by **MottZilla** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:27 pm

Why does it appear like it was soldering on from the top side? You're generally supposed to have a Parts Side and a Solder side. While you can certainly solder on both, it looks like shit. A bad solder joint could certainly be causing your problems. If the behavior changed where it was detected sometimes but not others that could definitely be the issue.