Emax

> On 2 Nov 2001 at 13:27, David W Crosby wrote:
>
> > If i just disconnect the hard drive, will that mess anything up? It's
> > extremely noisy and the emax is difficult to turn on/off because the
> > on/off button is missing.
>
> No matter what you unplug from the power supply a Zip drive will still
burn it out. It
> simply draws too much power. You might be able to replace the Power
Supply, I've
> heard of people doing that with the ESi-32, but I've never had a report
from anyone who
> has done it.

#include <disclaimer>

I don't know about the Emax keyboards, but there's lots of empty space
inside my Emax II rack.  Certainly enough space to bolt in an additional 5v
power supply.  You can pick them up from electronics surplus suppliers for
next to nothing, then make up some kind of bracket to mount them near the
existing PSU.  Wire the mains input to the switched side of the power
switch, same as the existing PSU.  Connect the earth to the existing PSU
earth - probably a tag on the case, and connect the 5v line to the Zip drive
and the 0v to the existing 0v connection as well as the Zip 0v.

Please don't blow yourself or your Emax up doing this.  If you're not happy
about it, find someone who can do it for you.
HTH
  Gordon