Are ES1869F and ES1869FC the same? \ VOGONS

Are ES1869F and ES1869FC the same?

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First post, by froller

Posted on 2024-02-25, 01:49

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Is there any difference between ES1869F and ES1869FC chips?
I know that ES1869S is the same crystal as ES1869F but in different package. But F and FC are in the same package.
I saw very similar boards with either F or FC soldered and I wonder if I can swap dead FC chip with F one?
Unfortunately I found no datasheet mentioning FC version.

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Reply 1 of 3, by froller

Posted on 2024-03-16, 02:54

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Yes they are.
I've replaced ES1869FC with ES1869F and it works fine.

Reply 2 of 3, by Trashbytes

Posted on 2024-03-16, 05:00

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FC is likely a slight revision of F with nothing changed feature wise.

Reply 3 of 3, by froller

Posted on 2024-03-16, 11:28

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Trashbytes wrote on 2024-03-16, 05:00:

FC is likely a slight revision of F with nothing changed feature wise.

I was wondering if I can swap dead *FC with new *F.
So I did and it helped me to revive the card.

The only issue I noticed is brand new ES1869 can't be properly initialized with esscfg.exe only.
The card needs to be plugged into PnP MB and initialized once. Then all options in esscfg.exe become available.

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