Hello all, I put a new PIC chip on an S17pro board following thierry4wd's informative guide here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5032987.0 and some PIC errors. The hope was to resolve these issues. MPLAB process went well and hopefully, I can put up a quick guide for S17's because there are some nuances.
Although I did get
"MPLAB's memory is blank so no programming operation was attempted" and had to switch to manual in the memory settings to
Program Memory Range(s)(hex) to 0-2b7f (not sure if this is correct for the dsPIC33EP16) to successfully program from "Let PIC Kit Choose". In the Memory settings tab:
Configuration Memory was checked and
Program Memory was also checked.
Preserve Program Memory was Unchecked and
Preserve Program Memory Range(s)(hex) was left blank. So I'm uncertain if that has something to do with the errors below in the kernel log.
Another possibility is thierry said to use only the stock firmware, after MPLAB flash and when booting with the hashboard in question. - I didn't do that because I was using a third party firmware and thought the hex on the good board and transferring it to the new PIC board would be OK since they are all running the firmware. Maybe understanding is off and that the hex information has nothing to do with what firmware you are running (not sure). Can anyone take a look at my steps and the log errors and suggest where this might have gone wrong and a possible solution? Appreciate it!
[2021/08/07 01:09:03] INFO: Detected 256 Mb of RAM
[2021/08/07 01:09:03] INFO: Switching to manual fan control (30 %)
[2021/08/07 01:09:03] INFO: Checking fans
[2021/08/07 01:09:04] INFO: fan[0] - OK
[2021/08/07 01:09:04] INFO: fan[1] - OK
[2021/08/07 01:09:04] INFO: fan[2] - OK
[2021/08/07 01:09:04] INFO: fan[3] - OK
[2021/08/07 01:09:10] INFO: Power ON
[2021/08/07 01:09:12] INFO: Starting FPGA queue
[2021/08/07 01:09:12] INFO: Initializing hash boards
[2021/08/07 01:09:12] INFO: chain[2] - Initializing
[2021/08/07 01:09:14] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to reset pic (attempt = 1), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:16] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to reset pic (attempt = 2), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:17] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to reset pic (attempt = 3), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:18] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to start pic app (attempt = 1), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:19] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to start pic app (attempt = 2), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:19] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to start pic app (attempt = 3), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:21] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to reset pic (attempt = 1), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:22] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to reset pic (attempt = 2), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:24] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to reset pic (attempt = 3), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:24] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to start pic app (attempt = 1), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:25] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to start pic app (attempt = 2), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:25] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to start pic app (attempt = 3), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:27] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to reset pic (attempt = 1), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:28] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to reset pic (attempt = 2), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:30] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to reset pic (attempt = 3), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:31] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to start pic app (attempt = 1), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:31] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to start pic app (attempt = 2), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:32] WARN: chain[2] - Failed to start pic app (attempt = 3), resp: 0x00 0x00
[2021/08/07 01:09:32] ERROR: driver-btm-chain.c:465 chain[2] - Failed to init pic controller
[2021/08/07 01:09:32] INFO: chain[2] - Shutting down the chain
[2021/08/07 01:09:32] ERROR: driver-btm-base.c:356 chain[2] - Initialization failed
[2021/08/07 01:09:32] ERROR: driver-btm-base.c:2154 Failed to initialize hash boards
[2021/08/07 01:09:32] INFO: Shutting down the miner
[2021/08/07 01:09:32] INFO: Stopping FPGA queue
[2021/08/07 01:09:32] INFO: chain[2] - Shutting down the chain
[2021/08/07 01:09:32] INFO: Power OFF