Ruggers Customs Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Hello all, I finished an F18a upgrade for a customer's TI99/4a. It works perfectly for about 10 or so minutes then it goes to a screen that says Matthey Haggarty dev screen and just starts blinking. Sometimes with a tone, sometimes without one. Pulled the computer back apart to see if there's anything I missed or an electrolytic got installed backwards but everything looks fine. F18a is installed into a machined pin socket on the board, not the stock one. The jumpers are set properly. I tried some different power supplies just to rule that out but ran into the same issue. If I let it sit for a few minutes then I can turn it back on and it will work for a little bit and start doing the same thing again. Almost like something is overheating but none of the other chips appear to be abnormally hot. Anyone ever ran into something similar? I've got an email in to Matt but I know he's super busy so I was hoping maybe someone here might know something or offer some help. Thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans23 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Jim contacted me by email as this seems to be a board that I have built. I would ask anyone who has problems with F18As that I have built to get in touch with me for support instead of asking Matthew Haggerty. I don't have a diagnosis for this board yet, but I'll probably send out a replacement board and look at the faulty one once it is returned to me. -Hans 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruggers Customs Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hans23 said: Jim contacted me by email as this seems to be a board that I have built. I would ask anyone who has problems with F18As that I have built to get in touch with me for support instead of asking Matthew Haggerty. I don't have a diagnosis for this board yet, but I'll probably send out a replacement board and look at the faulty one once it is returned to me. -Hans Yep, my mistake. I didn't know that you sold the board until a little bit ago when the customer let me know. We'll resolve this off Atari Age. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Make sure the board is fully seated in the socket. I pulled up that screen when I first installed mine and discovered during the reassembly process, there had been enough movement that it wiggled a bit loose. When I reseated it firmly, all was well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I just finished installing one and had no issues. But good to know that Matt maybe INSIDE.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Rugger's Customs, Hans and Matt do great work! It was great to see the TI in great clarity, I won't miss for a minute the blurry NTSC.... O'yea, the TI Logo Lights up - how kewl! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 @dhe I like the bubble-paper texture on the metal In all my considerations of mounting the SVGA port and an HDMI converter, it never occurred to me to use a small attached box like that. I have been toiling with internal and hidden mountings. Such a simple and elegant solution, that is. The SO is correct: I do spend too much time over-engineering things. (Just never tell her I admitted it.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew180 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 I'm happy to provide arm-chair troubleshooting, but I can't really do much more than that for a board I did not build. @dhe That is a really cool enclosure for the headers! Nice work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruggers Customs Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 If there's a way to make a no cut solution for these consoles, I'll definitely find it. There's absolutely zero damage done with my output box and it's 100% easily reversible. It's one of my better designs. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew180 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) @Ruggers Customs Sorry, I did not realize that was your work. Nice enclosure! Are you selling those? Also, seeing that you are in Atlanta, are you attending the Gaming Classic + VCF-SE show in August? Edited July 11, 2021 by matthew180 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruggers Customs Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 2 hours ago, matthew180 said: @Ruggers Customs Sorry, I did not realize that was your work. Nice enclosure! Are you selling those? Also, seeing that you are in Atlanta, are you attending the Gaming Classic + VCF-SE show in August? No worries and thank you. This is the second one I've done, first one was in red for another customer. I don't sell them for individual install but only offer them for in house installs. I've been in such a rush I didn't get finished pictures of this one but I did take a snapshot from the video I made for the customer showing the output box lit up. Blue always looks nice. As far as attending the SE Gaming classic in August, I might as it's about 25 minutes from the house. I'm actually planning to take the whole month of August off to get some house renovations done so maybe. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 32 minutes ago, Ruggers Customs said: As far as attending the SE Gaming classic in August, I might as it's about 25 minutes from the house. I'm actually planning to take the whole month of August off to get some house renovations done so maybe. I will have a few tables there. As will another fella, Mark Little, who lurks here. @acadiel usually attends, as well. Swing on by! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 19 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: I will have a few tables there. As will another fella, Mark Little, who lurks here. @acadiel usually attends, as well. Swing on by! Yep, I'm registered. Make sure you register on the VCFED website. I'm bringing my CC-40+ with Wafertape and RS232, my TI-99/2 and a screen, and my Tomy Pyuuta. Am going to see if I can get it all on one table. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 7/11/2021 at 8:45 PM, acadiel said: Yep, I'm registered. Make sure you register on the VCFED website. I'm bringing my CC-40+ with Wafertape and RS232, my TI-99/2 and a screen, and my Tomy Pyuuta. Am going to see if I can get it all on one table. I am getting three tables. I will probably have a couple few feet to spare if you need. I am almost certain that Earl will put you, me, and Mark together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruggers Customs Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Quick update. I wanted to give huge thanks to @Hans23. Hans sent out a replacement F18a super fast which worked flawlessly. He was nice and very professional through out the entire process. It's becoming more and more difficult to find people these days that offer such superb customer service. Anyone looking to purchase anything Hans sells or makes can rest assured he will sell you a superior product or he'll quickly correct an issue if there is one. I'm definitely impressed. Thanks again Hans! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I agree with that above statement. Hans was terrific with getting my F18A out to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick99 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) I agree too, me causing some problems resulting in a need of repair, Hans was very helpful and repaired it for me, thanks @Hans23! Edited July 28, 2021 by Nick99 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobare Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Hello To the person that is called +dhe. I have three ti's and to pebs. I was wondering if you would be willing to sell me the plans for my use only to be able to print out the box for the f18a cabling. I hope to upgrade all my ti's with this card. If you are not willing that is fine. How much each lol. Thanks in advance Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 29 minutes ago, Tobare said: Hello To the person that is called +dhe. I have three ti's and to pebs. I was wondering if you would be willing to sell me the plans for my use only to be able to print out the box for the f18a cabling. I hope to upgrade all my ti's with this card. If you are not willing that is fine. How much each lol. Thanks in advance Phil @dhe See above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 The no cut design is a specialty of Ruggers Custom. I believe it's only available as part of an installation they would do. I can highly recommend the quality of their work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Anyone selling the video cable for the F18A by any chance? Mine broke and it will be a royal pain to redo it from scratch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans23 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Just now, Vorticon said: Anyone selling the video cable for the F18A by any chance? Mine broke and it will be a royal pain to redo it from scratch... @arcadeshopper has them in stock 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onlyfordj Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Hello. I am from Spain. Is there any way that I can buy an F18A for my Texas Ti-99/4A? I have gliches on the home screen and it doesn't work properly.. With this F18A, everything will work fine again.. Greetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 (edited) Contact arcade shopper, but appears he's currently out of stock Edited May 17, 2022 by GDMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onlyfordj Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 35 minutes ago, GDMike said: Contact arcade shopper, but appears he's currently out of stock Thanks friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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