Yea, it’s not working. Locked up on bios. And I had a feeling something like this was going to happen. I don’t know why. It felt weird. The original power supplies 12v rail was at 9v. So maybe that just gave me an uneasy feeling. Or, I just have a 6th sense when it comes to computers. 🤣
Give it to me strait doc, what are the options?
Well, we’ve got two options. Repair or replace. I could repair the computer by swapping out the motherboard, memery, and CPU. Or I could replace the whole control system. Repairing is easier. A lot less work to swap things out then to gut and rebuild.
However, I have basically replaced all my dc drives with ac servo motors. The ac servos have the capability to be controlled more precisely, if the control syestem was upgraded. I also have WAY more experience with modern computers and hardware then the older hardware found in this machine. I mean, I think the computer was considered old tech when it was installed. And I was 5 when it was installed. 😂
If it weren’t obvious, I’m replacing. 😁
With a Centroid oak board. Wait, not that oak board.
That’s better. This is a two part syestem. You have a windows computer that connects to the Oak controller. And then you have the Oak board itself. From what I can tell, the windows computer largely operates as an HMI (human machine interface). The computer tells the Oak controller what to do, but it is the controller itself that performs the operations. Which is good since a windows computer isn’t really the right tool to perform the precise timing that would be required to operate cnc motors.
So, no all that is left is to gut the entire control syestem and replace it. Along with a TON of wire. 😫😫🤣