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Re: another emax 1 + CF reader problem

2011-12-14 by mcnik_k

Yeh I'm having the same exact problem here.

No solution yet...




--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, brendanrenne@... wrote:
>
> My apologies for asking help with this topic; I spent a loooong time trying to figure this out for myself, and even thought I had it, but clearly I do not.  
> 
> I am trying to replace my emax HD SE's hard drive with the PCD-50B.  I have the SCSI cable set up correctly, and I am using a SanDisk 512mb CF card via a PCMCIA adapter.  I copied the jumper settings from Ted Summers' site. 
> 
> I downloaded EMXP and thought I had formatted said sandisk 512mb card.  I opened up the emax, installed the PCD-50B with the CF card in the PCMCIA adapter and turned on the emax, fully expecting it to start up.
> 
> It didn't.  
> 
> I booted it from the floppy disk containing the 1.1 HD OS, which worked, and then tried to use the 'Master->Special->Format HD' function.  The 50B lights up and it passes the 'formatting HD', 'loading bank "untitled 1 ", and gets as far as 'saving software' when it gets to the HD error screen and that's it.  
> 
> I purchased the PCD-50B from the a4000t.com website, which makes me think that it has the correct firmware (I think the website even makes this claim); nevertheless, tomorrow I am going to try to talk my girlfriend into letting me install this thing in her PC and updating its firmware.  If this doesn't work, I have to say I am totally lost.  
> 
> If anyone can offer any kind of help, I would really appreciate it!
>

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