Gold Card Problem

**SGCPRECEPT** · 26-06-08, 06:08 PM

I have been trying to load info onto a goldie as follows

Jaycar
Card Writer
1- PIC16F84
Load GFGold Dual No Updating CoCo.hex
Write - Red Light On (No Errors)

2. 24C16
Load GFGold V225 eeprom.hex
Write - Red Light Off (No Errors)

3. FMCard
Open GFGold.crd
Send
Open GFGoldPersonal.crd (with current details)
Send

When I put the card in box... I get the message
Invalid Card

I have tried different programs ICProg...LMedit... Card Writer.. FMCard
Same result

Invalid Card

Can any point me in the right direction... have I missed a step???

Thanks

**b_franklin** · 26-06-08, 06:24 PM

is the card ur using a brand new gold card or old, if its an old one it could be a faulty card.

**SGCPRECEPT** · 26-06-08, 06:36 PM

Brand New
I have done goldies before with no problems

Originally Posted by b_franklin

is the card ur using a brand new gold card or old, if its an old one it could be a faulty card.

**Al Bundy** · 26-06-08, 06:39 PM

I would suggest to check and make sure Watchdog Timer (WDT) was off, when programming the PIC and EEProm.

**SGCPRECEPT** · 26-06-08, 07:00 PM

Thanks Ted
You are a wise man

WDT was ticked
I have unticked it and redone card

Thanks
As a matter of interest... what does WDT do???

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

I would suggest to check and make sure Watchdog Timer (WDT) was off, when programming the PIC and EEProm.

**SGCPRECEPT** · 26-06-08, 07:06 PM

Reprogrammed with WDT unticked

Still Invalid Card message

Help

**SGCPRECEPT** · 26-06-08, 07:16 PM

Oscillator should be on XT

Will try that

Originally Posted by SGCPRECEPT

Reprogrammed with WDT unticked

Still Invalid Card message

Help

**SGCPRECEPT** · 26-06-08, 07:26 PM

WDT unticked
Oscillator XT

Still Invalid Card

All details read ok in FMCard LMEdit

Originally Posted by SGCPRECEPT

Oscillator should be on XT

Will try that

**mandc** · 26-06-08, 07:36 PM

A long shot here.
My recent gold cards were much thinner than earlier ones and need a bit of tape over the end of it for the card reader of the decoder to recognise it...I have a strong 4658x decoder in which this is well known "feature"

**SGCPRECEPT** · 26-06-08, 07:42 PM

Thanks mandc

I have two goldies both about 3 years old

One works fine

The second one is causing me this grief

Damn

Originally Posted by mandc

A long shot here.
My recent gold cards were much thinner than earlier ones and need a bit of tape over the end of it for the card reader of the decoder to recognise it...I have a strong 4658x decoder in which this is well known "feature"

**Al Bundy** · 26-06-08, 07:54 PM

Definitely looks like the New Gold card might be stuffed, especially if you can program the old one with no problems.

**SGCPRECEPT** · 26-06-08, 08:24 PM

Thanks for your help
It does point to a stuffed card.. at least they are cheap unlike the other white card

**aaeon.1** · 26-06-08, 08:41 PM

the amount of cards that are faulty from new would surprise you
i remember going to jaycar to get 6 goldies for a mate so they could all go caravaning and out of those 2 were knackered straight away but hey what do you expect for 6 bucks each they are the chicken feed of cards

**aaeon.1** · 26-06-08, 08:48 PM

i dont know whether you have chicken feed on the mainland but down here its a cheapie 2 dollar type store where you get the good with the bad

***fergs*** · 27-06-08, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by SGCPRECEPT

Brand New
I have done goldies before with no problems

Just wondering here...

are your new goldies all white in color or are they still proper goldies...???

I had a mate got a few new "Goldies" (actually white) from Jaycar in WA & they wouldnt work either..

wondering what color yours are ??

**SGCPRECEPT** · 27-06-08, 03:33 PM

fergs

3 Brand new Gold colour from Jaycar
1 works fine
2 maybe stuffed
3 going to try loading tonight

**osci** · 27-06-08, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

Definitely looks like the New Gold card might be stuffed, especially if you can program the old one with no problems.

that sounds like the problem Al!, I was running 2 silvers and a goldie and one of my silvers "now" blatantly refuses to update!

and after reading in this thread about the newer version of silver & gold, the silver that refuses to update is indeed one of the new whites one from jaycar and it is showing the exact same message as invalid card.

I might have a go at reprogramming tonight as there should be no reason why it doesn't update

***fergs*** · 27-06-08, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by osci

that sounds like the problem Al!, I was running 2 silvers and a goldie and one of my silvers "now" blatantly refuses to update!

and after reading in this thread about the newer version of silver & gold, the silver that refuses to update is indeed one of the new whites one from jaycar and it is showing the exact same message as invalid card.

I might have a go at reprogramming tonight as there should be no reason why it doesn't update

This isnt a localised problem...

I have a goldie that works a treat.. "fixed" 2 others .. or so I thought..

they update only when they want to..

**osci** · 27-06-08, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by *fergs*

This isnt a localised problem...

I have a goldie that works a treat.. "fixed" 2 others .. or so I thought..

they update only when they want to..

well my 9yr old (under my instruction of course

) has managed to reprogram the silver that was playing up I mentioned earlier.

seems to be updating ok for the moment....but for how long I'm not really sure. at least he's chuffed anyway

**satboy** · 27-06-08, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by osci

well my 9yr old (under my instruction of course

) has managed to reprogram the silver that was playing up I mentioned earlier.

seems to be updating ok for the moment....but for how long I'm not really sure. at least he's chuffed anyway

OK the next lesson for you 9year old is to get him to work out how the Mr Whitie works.