GENERAL Trinity Red Dots but still boots to dashboard.

Element18592

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Hardware: Proto V2
Status: Chip removed
Image: Retail Image written back

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So i was having a no boot issue with the proto earlier, everything was working fine. The console would glitch almost instantly every time, then i go back to boot the console 30 minutes later and it wouldn't boot to the dashboard at all it would just attempt to glitch, i removed the chip entirely after doing some testing and wrote back the retail image. Now for some odd reason the console will boot every time, however it will get red dot. I can still navigate through the dashboard and play games etc fine but its just red dot? I have cleaned up all points after removing the chip and check the board for stray solder, damage, etc, even though i am very meticulous and precise when i solder and i have come up empty as to a solution for this problem. I found another topic on here that says its caused by a poorly placed CPU_RST wire, however again i am booting with no chip into a retail image. I feel like i have had this issue before somewhere down the line with a different console but i cant remember what i did to fix it. If anybody has any ideas i would certainly appreciate the advise.

(This would be the issue i am having. Not my video)
[video=youtube;1_Uazn7Vy-Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Uazn7Vy-Y[/video]
 
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Element18592

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Also what dash was the trinity console on originally?
Its not the ROL, i tried multiple different ROL boards all ending with the same result. It was updated to the latest dash, before building the new hacked image. Everything still works just fine, controllers connect etc, i just ended up selling my personal RGH and im using this as my personal RGH. Thank you for the advice though.
 
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nubleet

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I have had a similar issue. I have done a console for a client in which I installed a demon, RGH2'd , and wrote the glitch image to the demon on a trinity board. The Demon nand boots fine and the retail side does this still functioning red dot ordeal. They weren't interested in fixing it as they only wanted to use RGH side anymore. My guess is that some BGA is in need of attention.
 

Oggy

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I remember podger having a red ring (ooo-eeer) console and playing on xbl live with us.