Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

More likely a bad drive,  faulty cable or connection,  or bad disk, 
IMHO  .  First try remaking the connections at the floppy drive  and
the power connectors. If you have a multimeter you can check the
ribbon cable for continuity .


--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Earl James <rebadger2002@y...>
wrote:
> Seeing fuses mentioned.......is it possible that on my VFX-SD a
blown fuse could incapacitate the disk drive to leave the message DISK
DRIVE NOT READY?   thanks, Earl
>  
>  
> 
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> cinesfloggingboy <cinesfloggingboy@y...> wrote:
> 
> Try checking the fuses.  There are 5 fuses the top two sometimes
blow,
> if you have a bad connection on a ribbon cable.  check those too. 
> fuses one and two ( the top two) will cause no display/ seemingly
dead
> machine if one or both is bad.
> 
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "tony johanson" <tjiyf@h...>
wrote:
> > Thanks for the quick response , but the problem i have is that my
> SD1 does 
> > not even reach the calibration page, all i get is the disk drive
led
> light 
> > up briefly then nothing, i.e., blank screen and no sounds.
> > 
> > Tony.
> > 
> > >From: "Claus" <clauzii@j...>
> > >Reply-To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> > >To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> > >Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: SD1 Power up.
> > >Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 16:03:22 -0000
> > >
> > >BTW. there is a PDF in the FILES>TOOLS section called ´VFX
Cal Error
> > >Repair´ if U want to dig in to it!
> > >
> > >
> 
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