CincYnoTi Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Can anyone point to an on-line user guide for the SALT 1.1 diagnostic? Also, when I start the diagnostic on my 2-port, I get the initial screen shown. GTIA: NTSC ROM: ERR Any idea what the ROM: ERR means? Is this early version only meant to work with a 4-port 5200, and it can't figure out the ROM for the 2-port, or is something wrong with my 2-port's ROM? Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Not sure I've ever tried this version on a 2-port unit. But there are separate tests you can run. Like it says..just press the ' * ' and Enter to access the menu of other tests you can run and see if those show anything different? And I believe the 1.0 version diagnostic is somewhat covered in the 5200 service manual. You can find it at Console5.com here: https://console5.com/wiki/File:Atari_CX_5200_Field_Service_Manual.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari-dna Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Looks like your system bios rom failed it’s checksum. There’s two versions of the bios, get a replacement here—choose four port for full compatibility with all gameshttps://console5.com/store/atari-5200-4-port-bios.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 15 hours ago, atari-dna said: Looks like your system bios rom failed it’s checksum. There’s two versions of the bios, get a replacement here—choose four port for full compatibility with all games https://console5.com/store/atari-5200-4-port-bios.html Console5 isn't currently offering these due to some issues with the chips they received as I heard it. No idea when they will offer these again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 9/17/2019 at 3:52 PM, CincYnoTi said: Can anyone point to an on-line user guide for the SALT 1.1 diagnostic? Also, when I start the diagnostic on my 2-port, I get the initial screen shown. GTIA: NTSC ROM: ERR Any idea what the ROM: ERR means? Is this early version only meant to work with a 4-port 5200, and it can't figure out the ROM for the 2-port, or is something wrong with my 2-port's ROM? Thanks!! I don't mean to resurrect an old thread like this, but I've since figured out the exact issue with the ROM:ERR message. The OP is correct. This version of the PAM diagnostics was before the 2 port came about. As a result, it doesn't recognize the 2-port BIOS and gives this error. All other tests however will work normally. If you use a 2.3 PAM test, it will show a proper checksum for the 2-port BIOS and works with the 4-port as well although I think the 1.1 is best suited for the 4-port and the 2.3 is best suited for the 2-port units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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