I’ve checked the continuity of my bankstick several times over. It’s not working though. Are there any steps I have to take to prime it? It continues to say <no bankstick>
No “priming” necessary. Just correct building and connecting.
got pictures?
got any usable info?
Did you also check your core module? Note the “flying wires” (see http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp/mbhp_core_v3.gif) which are required if you don’t use a PCB from Smash
Best Regards, Thorsten.
If you want to check your work against mine, I posted some pics yesterday. The first stick was fine, but don’t follow my wiring for #2-#4 as I had some troubles making out the text on the image.
Search for message “Bankstuck”
Search for message “Bankstuck”
lol
Not sure if it helps, but I had some initial issues with my banksticks. One was I had +5V connected to what was supposed to be ground on one of the banks. Whoops 
Another was my terrible wiring job (it was my first protoboard) which caused data corruption and, in fact, when I used teh SID 1.7 firmware, it would actually hang when formatting one of the chips.
That said, you may want to double-check your wiring for the banks to make sure it is correct. I used this page religiously. Also, if you are making a multi-bankstick board, it might be worth building a printed board rather than trying to wire all that up on a protoboard. That’s what I’m going to end up doing anyway.
I checked over and over again and it seemed fine. But I got so fed up I completely undid all of the wiring and just re did it completely. It’s working now.
Thanks guys
never rule out wiring problems.
[ ] got pictures?
[ ] any useful information?
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Glad it’s working now.
Me thinks in the future I will be making a Bankstick PCB. I’m starting to think it’s worth the effort.
Mine is supposedly still in the mail It’s a good starter project for making your own PCBs and it’s not terribly expensive. Here’s a link to toe post on the topic: http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,12009.0.html