Anritsu MT8801A/B/C & MT8802A

[Velund]

Hello,

Looks like my 8801B is joined the club of "unbootables". "File error" during boot, and nothing more.

Can anyone share their image to try? Ones that was shared before is not available anymore.

Thank you in advance.

[bozidarms]

Hi,
i have just made an image of my PCMCIA card ( from MT8801B ) in HxD and a copy on one 512MB CF Card.
With PCMCIA adapter everything is fully functional.
I would like to share the image - is still in HxD program, but i don't know how?
The image is only visible with HdX, with Win32diskmanager is not visible at all.

[Howardlong]

I plucked mine out of storage. It took a while to figure out how to image it bearing in mind I have fewer and fewer ways of imaging PCMCIA cards nowadays.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ak3HU3AygNouiL19QIXOTqwD8QXoRQ?e=Q2d318

There's a readme.txt with some info.

[CIRO]

Hello, i need flashcard software for Anritsu 8802A.
Can you help me?
Thanks in advance

[Howardlong]

Hello, i need flashcard software for Anritsu 8802A.
Can you help me?
Thanks in advance

This is out of an 8802A even though the folders etc suggest it's an 8801.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ak3HU3AygNouiL19QIXOTqwD8QXoRQ?e=Q2d318

[CIRO]

i have tried with your software, but don't go.
I have tried also changing the name of folder in MT8802A and don't go.

[CIRO]

thanke you very much!Now all go well.I pressedand hold PRESET taste and all go well.

[PrecisionAnalytic]

The other irritation is the boot time, about five minutes or so. When I first switched on my MT8802A, I thought it had crashed, as much of the boot time is with a blank screen after the first CPU and memory self tests.

By the way, after re-capping the CPU board I had to do a full reset by holding the Preset button while turning it on, a bit frustrating as I had to spend a while trying to remember how I'd configured the rx tester SINAD settings correctly.

I recently brought home a MT8801B with opt 01 & 02 with a missing front panel benzel (outer trim cover).  I thought had read opt 07; though being in a dark basement with a bunch of equipment I've never read about before overwhelming me in regards to what to choose to save from the scrappers, along with allergies, seemed to be the issue.

Is a plugin module required for the opt 07 or can that be enabled via firmware/software possibly?

My unit displays the "SRAM no check" and "SRAM battery empty" and then the "Loading..." appears where then the blank white'ish screen displays for well over 10 minutes with nothing more happening.  I powered down after ~10 minutes.

From what I read, removing the case and verifying all the boards are connected and nothing is loose might be a wishful thinking first step to optimistically try.

Doubting just holding the "Preset" button will do anything, though I am thinking will not hurt anything if I do?

Wondering if anyone has experienced the same and what their suggestive course of action is? 

Any specific MT8801B Service Manuals available online?  I do have the MT8802A manuals and two opt 07 MT8801B manuals found online.  I'll read into those next when I have the time.

In regards to a recap planned; were there specific boards that looking back were most likely the root cause or are known to have failures more-so?

Thanks in advance

 

[imaurente]

Hello everybody!
Guys, I'm having a problem with my MT8801C boot card, I read this whole post, and I used all the files provided by colleagues here, but without success. It simply shows the message System error! (35) and remains in the same place. I asked a friend for a card from an MT8802A for testing, but it hangs in the same place, but no errors.
Is it possible that this model uses different software than previous versions of the MT8801? Can anyone help me?

[NA5B]

Hello Imaurente, I just made an image file from my working MT8801C's 20MB Sandisk ATA with the Winima90 image maker program. The MT8801C image file I made is IMAGEC.vhd
Here is the link: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar_BBu4UuhWNhAcjuluq97XenJAU?e=PjsgO9
Do the following:
1-Insert your existing Sandisk ATA cart into the PCMCIA slot. Make sure your pc sees it.
2-Run in admin mode Winima90 on a 32-bit Windows 7.
3-Click Disk at the top and click on "Restore Virtual Hard Disk image on physical drive"
4-Locate the IMAGEC.vhd file you downloaded and continue.
Hope it works.
Let us know

[DatKnight23]

I just picked up a MT8801B for repairs from a radio rally recently, the bloke said it was the PSU that had issues but it seems to power up somewhat, with a cable the standby and power lights turn on, but the screen doesn't and the fans remain off.
Does anyone know what the issue might be? The standby and on lights are on, and change appropriately.

Also, how do I access the screen board to do a diagnostic? I've been trying to get it off with the screws on the side, top, and bottom but there seems to be something stopping the front panel from coming off.

[smdbg]

MT8801B - 2 in 1  software - GSM or IS136 - select in menu,  image  HxD and vhd. + files . all from 1999. if somebody have newer versions (updates) - please share.

revision: Main 3.02 , GSM 3.03 , IS136 3.05 , ROM 1.05
options 01.02.04.07

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uJGasdO4S3EL8RJCf4LQ26yPg4o9utJ6?usp=drive_link