Emax

Isn't that known as the "click of death" a common issue with the Zip?


> From: "Paulo Abreu" <peabreu@...>
> 
>  > I got a zip about 2 months ago, and it works great with my Emax II. 
>  And
> > it powers down.  I knew it would load samples way quicker than from
> > floppies, but what I didn't expect was that it loads at least 3 times
> > faster than the approx. 50 meg seagate hard drive that I have in it. 
> > Now I boot from the Zip exclusively.  No problems at all so far. 
> 
> In here the same is happening....just not without 
> problems...after 2 years of perfect work, now my zip 
> reads perfectly but when trying to format a zip disk...it 
> makes some clicks and renders the zips useless...in one 
> weekend I have blown 4 zips....arrrrghhh!!!! not the fault of 
> the emax because it only blew 2 zips the other 2 were on 
> a Mac and on a Roland VS...its defnitly a drive fault...and 
> to "discover" this I blew 50% of the drive value in disks :((
> 
> Best,
> 
> Paulo Abreu
> 
> 
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