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Support and General Use => Hardware => Topic started by: eetperen on December 31, 2004, 08:06:44 AM
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Hi guys, I have a serious problem with my Archos Jukebox Recorder 20, It won't start the usual rockbox firmware and can't acces it with my PC anymore too.
When I press the 'ON' button,
First I get the 'Rockbox' screen (version: CVS-041126) for a long time,
then it says: ATA error: -1
Press ON to debug
I press 'ON'
Then the screen shows me:
PADR: A27D
PBDR: BDBF
AN0: 3FF AN4: 001-002
AN1: 3FF AN5: 000-001
AN2: 001-002 AN6: 303-301-302-304
AN4: 00A-00B-00C AN7: 003
Batt: 4.99-5.00VÂ -1%
ATA: master, 0x200
I press 'OFF' one time,
Then the screen shows me:
*PANIC*
ata:Â -1
I've read a few topics with similar problems and came to the conclusion it's propably a battery or HD related problem.
I've opened my JBR to look at the soldering joints but everything seems well connected. The 'repairbattery' tutorial (http://www.rockbox.org/docs/repairbattery.html) says me to 'Make sure that the PCB really is connected to the metal housing.', What is the PCB?? and where should it be connected??
When I power on the AJBR I don't hear the drive spinning, I just hear a 'ticking'kinda sound all the time. Can't the drive spin up because it's broken or because of lack of power?
Before I had this problem I let a friend use my AJBR (maybe not that smart :)), he said he couldn't use it to and he had taken out the batteries to check them (maybe in a not that carefull way). If anybody could help, please do, I really like my Archos and I really like Rockbox.
Thanks in advance.
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When I power up pressing F1 It has to load a very long time and then says:
Read acces error!
Can't read from hard
drive
When I connect it to my PC, I hear the 'connected sound' in Win XP, but the jukebox doesn't show up in the explorer. The screen of the recorder just shows the same as when not connected.
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The PCB is the circuit board. Your description fits pretty well with the battery/hard drive grounding problem on the "repairbattery" page. Find a friend with a clue about electronics and have him repair it for you.
Before you do, try with another set of batteries.
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Thanks for giving response so quickly, LinusN,
I 've tried another set of batteries, but no luck.
Are it only the two solder joints cirkled in the 'repairbattery' tutorial (http://www.rockbox.org/docs/repairbattery.html) that could cause this trouble? Because these really look fine to me.
Is there any way I could check the solder joints?
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Are it only the two solder joints cirkled in the 'repairbattery' tutorial (http://www.rockbox.org/docs/repairbattery.html) that could cause this trouble?
Not necessarily. Any solder joint that connects power or ground can be the source of the error.
Is there any way I could check the solder joints?
Use some gentle force and try to bend them apart. Also use a multimeter to test the connection.