Hurco VMX24s/Control dead? Help please,please.

I have read some post on the internet however i am a bit dense on electronic/electrics
Could someone point me out how to trace the problem, please.
I can check it but need guidance.


Machine: HurcoVMX24s
Control : Ultimax /Max4(not winmax)
Year 2007


Machine was power off for one week when
today i power it on, but control shows no sign of activity.
Completely dead. No lights nothing.
I have replaced the small battery and no success.
The CPU box shows lights and seems to be working.
All the fans work and the servos apparently have power.
The spindle chiller has no power also, and no light on the top beacon.

links to a video and some photos below.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/n3rzRNzuuW2VLzu48

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gUds6Yi5LUt3hYZx5

https://photos.app.goo.gl/j1SQDj5QzkpXrtrQ9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/i9zjby2SkdnEaZPp9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/zHiLYeGSbnoiMPmi8

Thank you
Regards
Valter

Any beeps out of the CPU?
Re-seat the CPU board.
Try and gently put a twisting pressure on the heatsink on the CPU (very gentle) with it turned off. It may be the CPU needs to be removed from its socket and re-seated. If you do try this, you will need some heatsinking compound.

Hello Bloke, i was prying you would help. Many thanks
Did not notice because of the fans noise.

Will try your suggestion and also take the cpu board out and clean the contacts.Using the static whistle.
I notice the back board has some red leads on, like it is shown on the video.
Did try to connect to server (machine has ultinet) but was down.
We have had bad weather last Sunday with thunders, but Shop was closed and Machine was power down.
Will take more photos.
Regards
Valter

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Originally Posted by bloke

Any beeps out of the CPU?
Re-seat the CPU board.
Try and gently put a twisting pressure on the heatsink on the CPU (very gentle) with it turned off. It may be the CPU needs to be removed from its socket and re-seated. If you do try this, you will need some heatsinking compound.

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Hello Blake

The control seems to beep, with regularity. However it not very noticeble with the fans working. Like beep for little time and the pauses them beeps. Not those intermittent fast beeps.

Remove the board totally and removed the CPU, however it came together with the eatsink. It was a pain in the A... to remove the CPU from the eatsink. A couple hours later the CPU is finely re-seated into the board with new thermal paste.
The CPU board looks good visually apart from one capacitor that seems a bit rounder on the top compared to the others.

Also removed the graphic card, there is one capacitor on this one who does look real bad.

Can i use other card similar to this model? if yes whats the procedure?

I have not re-seated the cards yet, maybe trying first to fix the capacitor on the card?

Post a few photos...

Replacing burst capacitors on the CPU may sort a lot of problems. It’s normally the 5V capacitors that bulge- particularly the ones alongside the CPU.
You could remove the capacitor on the CPU by gently pulling it offthe board and leaving the legs behind - make sure the remaining legs do not short circuit though. Replace it with an equivalent after testing with it out of circuit.

I was meant to replace the capacitor on the graphic Card not the PEAK CPU.
That is why i was wondering if a similar (not necessary the same model)could be viable?

Somehow i have a felling that the problem might be either the Processor pins not getting good contact
or the graphic card.

Can you share a guess number how much Hurco would charge for a video card like that?
We do not really have Hurco service around here, just a representative from Takumi.
The real agent it in Spain.
There are very few hurco machines here.

I just love my machine, but this its killing me.

I have just re-seated both the peak card and the graphic card with no success.
I have cleaned all the contacts, either on the boards and the slots with contact cleaner.
The problem persists.
I have not changed any capacitor.
You think would be good to try a different processor?
Also i notice that the back plate, has a couple red leds on and they are on by this sequence.
1-on
2-on
3-off
4-on

Should i do/check something else?
Thank you for your patiente, i realy do need some help here.
Its the only machine i have.

Take the graphics card out and leave it out. Plug the VGA cable into the VGA port on the CPU to see if you get any output.

Ok, will try that.
I had disconnect the hdd hoping that if it was it at least would post some msg, but nope.
I wasnt sure if i could leave the Graphic card out.

Graphic card out and screen already show some activity...
But it is showing me the disk boot failure.
Has it it something to do with the battery or did i connect the HDD the wrong way?
I believe there is only one way to connect the HDD, but...
Below are photos of the error and how i connected the hdd.
Does Hurco sell this graphic card still?

It could have lost the hard drive settings. Make sure it is set to manual and CHS
Set it to 3303 cylinders
16 heads
65535 WPcomp
0 LZone
63 sectors

Then change it from CHS to LBA to see if it boots.

There are more settings to change but try these for now to see if it will move on...

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Originally Posted by bloke

It could have lost the hard drive settings. Make sure it is set to manual and CHS
Set it to 3303 cylinders
16 heads
65535 WPcomp
0 LZone
63 sectors

Then change it from CHS to LBA to see if it boots.

There are more settings to change but try these for now to see if it will move on...

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please forgive my ignorance...

Once i power on machine what is the correct procedure to access cmos on this machine on the control?
Its like a computer? Pressing F? on power on?

Unfortunately at the moment the Hurco manuals i have are in German to the exception of the "Getting Started with Your VMX Machining Center" I found online.
Regards