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MCS2000 "FAIL 1/90" Hardware Problem or ...?
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:03 pm
by Leadenwah
I'm getting " FAIL 1/90 " on an MCS2000 Model 2.
Is this fail code ONLY a hardware problem or could a programming error provoke this message as well ?
In Bat Labs MCS2000 section, it is suggested that programming an MCS2000 with OLDER software that it was last programmed with will zap the radio.
So, would I also get " FAIL 1/90 " after someone had done that or would it be a different error?
Any suggestions or ideas are welcome.
Re: MCS2000 "FAIL 1/90" Hardware Problem or ...?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:32 am
by gatekeep
Fail 01/90 on both the MCS2000 AND its portable brethren, means a hardware failure. Usually caused by a defective IC.
Re: MCS2000 "FAIL 1/90" Hardware Problem or ...?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:49 am
by Leadenwah
Thanks very much.
I've read in the Bat Labs section about a voltage regulator which is given to falling off inside of the radion not in the control head.
Re: MCS2000 "FAIL 1/90" Hardware Problem or ...?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:56 am
by Andreas
If you got this after you had programmed the radio,you can be 100% sure,that the codeplug is corrupted.
Andreas
Re: MCS2000 "FAIL 1/90" Hardware Problem or ...?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:53 am
by Leadenwah
When I got the radio it had a broken control head clip which was replaced only to get " FAIL 1/90 ". So, it came that way, used. Seller says it works fine and has no codeplug is seems.
With other radios I've put in a newer version codeplug and it worked. The Bat Labs info suggests that the MCS2000 is more difficult in many regards.
The MCS could have been written with DOS-RSS or with CPS as I have tried to write to the radio without success. I am able to read the existing codeplug even though the radio otherwise unresponsive.
Any suggestions on how to get the corrupted codeplug out ? The newest vesion I have is CPS R02.02, but I'm sure there's something newer, however,
I don't think that it would have had the newest sofware used on it, all things considered.
Many thanks for this help.