Any Rush 2049 experts out there have any ideas on the following...
I picked up a Rush 2049 SE (I think) that was not working. Supposedly its an SE or so says the marquee but I'm not sure. it was missing the power supply and the cable that goes from the video board to the middle pcb. Also, the drive says its a Rush 2049. Does the SE have different markings? Funny, I had an SE awhile back which I sold so dont have it as a reference.
I also had an empty Rush 2049 cab (now donated to a local guy that builds multi-racers) that I used to strip the entire wiring harness incl power supply out of. I put the ps in the SE cab and it works but there is something strange about how the power cords are connected. I decided to take the entire cage out of the SE (it's in a storage unit) and test it in another Rush 2049 that i have at home (currently working) that's going to a friend of mine. Ideally they will both go to him if i can get the SE working.
I swapped all the boards (there are 5 in total, 3 on the back of the cage and 2 on the door) & hard drive out of the SE cage and tested them one by one in the working Rush 2049. I was able to determine the hard drive from the SE (labeled Rush 2049) is not working. I get the following error...
Can this be fixed (re-image) or is the drive toast?
Also, the middle pcb is not working. The good board goes through a count of 1 to 6, 1 to 9 then letters and boots. The bad pcb just displays an 8 in the display, seems stuck, nothing happens.
Any suggestions on what I can do to fix these issues?
Does anyone have a spare cable that goes between the two boards?
Does anyone have a spare working middle board?
Can you tell if this is an SE or just a regular 2049?
What components are changed in going from a 2049 to an SE? Is it just the drive or is anything else different
Thanks for any help!
I picked up a Rush 2049 SE (I think) that was not working. Supposedly its an SE or so says the marquee but I'm not sure. it was missing the power supply and the cable that goes from the video board to the middle pcb. Also, the drive says its a Rush 2049. Does the SE have different markings? Funny, I had an SE awhile back which I sold so dont have it as a reference.
I also had an empty Rush 2049 cab (now donated to a local guy that builds multi-racers) that I used to strip the entire wiring harness incl power supply out of. I put the ps in the SE cab and it works but there is something strange about how the power cords are connected. I decided to take the entire cage out of the SE (it's in a storage unit) and test it in another Rush 2049 that i have at home (currently working) that's going to a friend of mine. Ideally they will both go to him if i can get the SE working.
I swapped all the boards (there are 5 in total, 3 on the back of the cage and 2 on the door) & hard drive out of the SE cage and tested them one by one in the working Rush 2049. I was able to determine the hard drive from the SE (labeled Rush 2049) is not working. I get the following error...
Can this be fixed (re-image) or is the drive toast?
Also, the middle pcb is not working. The good board goes through a count of 1 to 6, 1 to 9 then letters and boots. The bad pcb just displays an 8 in the display, seems stuck, nothing happens.
Any suggestions on what I can do to fix these issues?
Does anyone have a spare cable that goes between the two boards?
Does anyone have a spare working middle board?
Can you tell if this is an SE or just a regular 2049?
What components are changed in going from a 2049 to an SE? Is it just the drive or is anything else different
Thanks for any help!
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