[hpsdr] Hermes board troubleshooting?

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Hi all

I've acquired an Apache Labs Hermes SDR board revision B that was known to be
faulty.

Unfortunately the seller didn't have any history for the board. (German company)

The board powers up and all 5 power led's come on. The front power led turns on
but the status led is on steady at around half brightness.

None of the debug led's turn on.

The board is in the same state in bootloader mode and run mode.

There is no connectivity via the ethernet port but the port connection light
comes on and the activity light flickers when attempting access.

Doug from AL has advised trying a bootloader reflash with a USB blaster but
failing that he thinks it is likely to be a problem with the FPGA.

My USB blaster is taking some time to arrive and I was wondering if anybody can
suggest anything else I could check in the interim?

Ive carefully examined the board and can see no sign of physical damage or bad
solder joints.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks

Stu M0STF
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