a pinsider told me to check the ribbon cable between the cpu and the dmd board, by swapping it around and isolate a issue with the cable. Stupid me did not take any photos initially and blind freddie did not have the reading glasses and assumed the cable would plug into a notched plug base so didn't take notice of the cable orientation -
after some research of the manual which didn't show much, then the net on ribbon cables states commonly the red wire on one side is the no:1 wire. Can someone confirm this please and even better compare my photos to their baywatch please.
lesson learnt take photos and sketchesattached are the screen shots for the 2 boards for the 2 plugs
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2 photos, one the cpu ribbon (CN22 plug) which I believe is correct to industry standard, the other is the dmd plug (J3) which I have plugged in opposite to industry standard so board specs can be seen with the red stripped wire on the 25/26 end (no I did not power up - just for a photo and have already swapped around)
Can someone confirm that my beliefs of the cable plugged in is correct which includes the dmd one being swapped around.
I still haven't powered up a thing as did not want to risk further damage
