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Re: Urgent question about Emax II Floppy Drive

2009-03-03 by sanctifiedonesky

Wow thanks for the reply! So even if it loads floppies (when the Emax
is working) the heads being "shot" will prevent it from booting
normally from it's HD? Just want to be clear that the reason it won't
turn on is the floppy. 



--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Rish" <rish@...> wrote:
>
> Well If the light on the drive lights and you can hear the drive
spinup then you know the drive has power but the heads are shot and
the drive needs replacing. We have them at www.Route66studios.com
> R
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: sanctifiedonesky 
>   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:59 PM
>   Subject: [emax] Urgent question about Emax II Floppy Drive
> 
> 
>   My Emax II won't boot up hardly anymore. It gives a message: Not an
>   Emax2 Floppy Drive.
> 
>   I know it's supposed to read the Floppy Drive first but I don't know
>   if it's the drive, the drive's power supply, or the digital board.
> 
>   Are there diagnostic codes that could tell me conclusively?
> 
>   Thanks for any help!
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
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